Visiting Assistant Professor Joesph Dupris featured in 51勛圖厙 Today
Dr. Joesph Dupris (Visiting Assitant Professor of Ethnic Studies and Linguistics) was featured in a recent泭51勛圖厙 today article. The piece spotlights the consultation and translation work Dr. Dupris performed for , a short film about泭a pivotal moment in Modoc Nation history, set in Modoc homelands, and likely the first ever filmed in泭maqlaqsyals泭(a tribal name for Modoc and Klamath languages).
Regarding the film and the larger, attendant project of language revitalization, Dr. Dupris noted,泭We're using our language in the same land that we were exiled from. Those actors are helping to bring language back into our lands, while spreading it across the nation.泭And at a local level, this helps to initiate a turn toward land, language and equity.泭
Dr. Joesph Dupris received his PhD from the University of Arizona in Linguistics and Anthropology in 2020. He泭is泭enrolled in the Klamath Tribes (the Klamath, Modoc, and Yahooskin tribes of泭southern Oregon and northern California),泭and is of Modoc, Klamath, Paiute and Lakota descent.
