Elisabeth Pierite-Mora of the Tunica-Biloxi 

Elisabeth Pierite-Mora is a language and cultural lifeways instructor for the Tunica-Biloxi Language and  Culture Revitalization Program(LCRP) where she is responsible for facilitating learning of the Tunica and  Biloxi languages and culture. Elisabeth collaborates with Tulane University linguists in the Kuhpani  Yoyani Luhchi Yoroni (Tunica Language Working Group, KYLY) developing Tunica language foundational  resources including linguistic texts, manuals, curricula and pedagogical materials. She participated in the  Institute on Collaborative Language Research (CoLang) during 2016 and 2018, a bi-annual training  workshop in field linguistics and language documentation for linguistic students, professors and  members of indigenous language communities. Growing up in the Tunica, Biloxi and Choctaw traditions  of her family, Elisabeth has spoken Tunica since she was a child.