Dr. Treuer wins 2012 Ken Hale Prize for linguistics (fwd link)

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*Dr. Treuer wins 2012 Ken Hale Prize for linguistics*

Posted: Thursday, January 3, 2013 8:47 am

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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.

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.

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.

The society recognized Treuer for his academic and community work with the
Ojibwe language.

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