<font size="4"><b>Dr. Treuer wins 2012 Ken Hale Prize for linguistics</b></font><br><br>Posted: Thursday, January 3, 2013 8:47 am<br><br>staff reports <a href="mailto:pilotnews@pilotindependent.com">pilotnews@pilotindependent.com</a><br>
<br>BEMIDJI — Dr. Anton Treuer, executive director of Bemidji State University’s (BSU) American Indian Resource Center, has been selected as the winner of the 2012 Ken Hale Prize by the Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas.<br>
<br>The prize honors the memory of Kenneth Locke Hale (1934-2001), a renowned MIT linguist who worked on languages all over the world, including the indigenous languages of the Americas, throughout his life.<br><br>The Hale Award is given to an individual or group found by the society to exemplify Hale’s commitment to both linguistic scholarship and service to indigenous language communities. It recognizes outstanding community language work and a deep commitment to the documentation, maintenance, promotion and revitalization of indigenous languages in the Americas.<br>
<br>The society recognized Treuer for his academic and community work with the Ojibwe language.<br><br>Access full article below: <br><a href="http://www.walkermn.com/news/entertainment/article_8e4dfdf6-55b4-11e2-a923-001a4bcf887a.html">http://www.walkermn.com/news/entertainment/article_8e4dfdf6-55b4-11e2-a923-001a4bcf887a.html</a>