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Independent Lens | Making Peace With a Future Mentor | PBS

Duration: 04:15
Program: Independent Lens #1305
Broadcast Date: Nov. 17, 2011

After making a bad first impression with MIT linguist Ken Hale during an early meeting about bringing the Wampanoag language back to life, Jessie Little Doe and Professor Hale became close collaborators and lifelong friends.

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