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SOU professor awakens 'sleeping languages'
Students can learn Native American tongues in an academic setting

December 26, 2012
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By Janet Eastman<http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121226/NEWS/212260320>
Mail Tribune

The Southern Oregon University campus was quiet last week, since students
have retreated for the holidays, and most faculty and staff stayed home
when a snow day was called.

But if you listened closely in Taylor Hall, you may have heard about a
Native American language that scholars believe was awakened from sleep,
resurrected from implied extinction, with the help of Dr. Wesley Leonard.

Leonard, a linguistic anthropologist and associate professor of Native
American Studies, arrived on campus only a year ago, but his research is
changing the language of linguistics and his classes are transforming the
way students perceive and study indigenous cultures and languages.

"There is tremendous interest and enthusiasm to learn about Indian
language," says Leonard, sitting behind his desk in his tidy office.

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