Dr. Anton "Tony" Treuer wins 2012 Ken Hale Prize
Director of Bemidji State University's American Indian Resource Center honored for work to preserve Ojibwe languageDr. Anton Treuer, executive director of Bemidji State University's 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
