Editing Eyak language (section)

===Revival===
In June 2010, the ''[[Anchorage Daily News]]'' published an article about [[Guillaume Leduey]], a French college student with an unexpected connection to the Eyak language. Beginning at age 12, he had taught himself Eyak, utilizing print and audio instructional materials he obtained from the [[Alaska Native Language Center]]. During that time, he never traveled to Alaska or conversed with Marie Smith Jones, the last native speaker.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hopkins|first=Kyle|title=Extinct Alaska Native language interests French student|url=http://www.adn.com/2010/06/27/1343777/unlikely-passion-may-save-eyak.html|access-date=15 July 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610140310/http://www.adn.com/2010/06/27/1343777/unlikely-passion-may-save-eyak.html|archive-date=10 June 2011}}</ref>

The month that the article was published, he traveled to Alaska and met with Dr. [[Michael E. Krauss|Michael Krauss]], a noted linguist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Dr. Krauss assisted Leduey with proper Eyak phonological pronunciation and assigned further instruction in grammar and morphology—including morphemic analyses of traditional Eyak stories.

In June 2011, Leduey returned to Alaska to facilitate Eyak language workshops in Anchorage and Cordova. He is now regarded as a fluent speaker, translator, and instructor of Eyak.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gibbins|first=Jennifer|title=Preserving Alaska Native culture|url=http://www.thecordovatimes.com/article/1125preserving_alaska_native_culture|access-date=15 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327162901/http://www.thecordovatimes.com//article/1125preserving_alaska_native_culture|archive-date=27 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Despite his fluency, Eyak remains classified as "dormant" as there are no native speakers. On the [[Expanded Graded Intergenerational Disruption Scale]] (EGIDS) Eyak is graded a 9 (dormant); the language serves as a reminder of heritage identity for an ethnic community, but no one has more than symbolic proficiency.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ethnologue |url=http://www.ethnologue.com/language/eya}}</ref> Currently, Leduey provides instruction and curriculum assistance to the [https://web.archive.org/web/20140301154401/http://www.eyakpeople.com/project Eyak Language Project] from France.

The Eyak Preservation Council received an Alaska Humanities Forum Grant that enabled them to start a website devoted to the preservation of the Eyak Language. Other funding supports the annual Eyak Culture Camp every August in Cordova. The Project provides countless language resources including immersion workshops, an online dictionary with audio samples, and a set of eLearning lessons, among others.

In June 2014, the Eyak Language Revitalization Project announced an online program called "dAXunhyuuga'", which means "the words of the people."<ref>{{Cite web
| last = Hintze
| first = Heather
| title = Program seeks to revitalize extinct Eyak language
| work = KTVA CBS 11
| access-date = 2014-06-28
| date = 2014-06-25
| url = http://www.ktva.com/program-seeks-to-revitalize-extinct-eyak-language-474/
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140705070042/http://www.ktva.com/program-seeks-to-revitalize-extinct-eyak-language-474/
| archive-date = 2014-07-05
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>