The last known native, active speaker of Yurok, Archie Thompson, died March 26, 2013. He was also the last of about 20 elders who helped revitalize the language over the last few decades : Romney, Lee Archie Thompson dies at 93: Yurok elder kept tribal tongue alive in Los Angeles Times, 7/4/2013,url = http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-archie-thompson-20130407,0,1929379.story consultato 8/4/2013
