Marie Wilcox
Marie Wilcox | |
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Wilcox in 2016 | |
| Born | November 24, 1933 |
| Died | September 25, 2021 (aged 87) Visalia, California |
| Known for | Being the last speaker of Wukchumni Yokuts |
Marie Desma Wilcox (November 24, 1933 – September 25, 2021) was a Native American who was the last native speaker of Wukchumni, a dialect of Tule-Kaweah, which is a Yokutsan indigenous language spoken by the Tule-Kaweah Yokuts of California. She worked for more than 20 years on a dictionary of the language.