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Virginia Beavert, one of few Native Americans who still practice and teach Waashat religious practices, speaks to Richland Operations Office employees about the Sahaptin language. Ms. Beavert was born in a bear cave in Oregon’s Blue Mountains and worked at Hanford after WW II. She is 80 years old and pursuing her doctorate at the University of Oregon. She is studying linguistics and teaching her native Sahaptin language.
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