Visiting Assistant Professor Joesph Dupris featured in 911 Today
Dr. Joesph Dupris (Visiting Assitant Professor of Ethnic Studies and Linguistics) was featured in a recent911 today article. The piece spotlights the consultation and translation work Dr. Dupris performed for , a short film abouta pivotal moment in Modoc Nation history, set in Modoc homelands, and likely the first ever filmed inmaqlaqsyals(a tribal name for Modoc and Klamath languages).
Regarding the film and the larger, attendant project of language revitalization, Dr. Dupris noted,“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.And at a local level, this helps to initiate a turn toward land, language and equity.”
Dr. Joesph Dupris received his PhD from the University of Arizona in Linguistics and Anthropology in 2020. Heisenrolled in the Klamath Tribes (the Klamath, Modoc, and Yahooskin tribes ofsouthern Oregon and northern California),and is of Modoc, Klamath, Paiute and Lakota descent.
