Zion Smith

Zion Smith (Chickasaw) is a Master's student in the University of Arizona's Native American Language and Linguistics (NAMA) program. Before coming to Arizona, he completed his undergraduate in Linguistics at the University of Amsterdam, where he served as Vice Chair for the school's Linguistics study association. Most of Zion's work pertains to his tribe's language, Chikashshanompa'. As an independent contractor, he has worked with the Chickasaw Nation to preserve and process large numbers of conversational recordings from native speakers.