Complex sentence: Sayet also holds ancestral ties to Fidelia Fielding who was the last fluent speaker of the Mohegan language, and passed away in 1908; these ties serve as an influence for much of her work.
Split into simpler sentences: Sayet also holds ancestral ties to Fidelia Fielding who was the last fluent speaker of the Mohegan language, and passed away in 1908. These ties serve as an influence for much of her work.