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Show Stubbs receives grant to study Brian Stubbs is not unlike With his background, Stubbs the archeologist sifting through tons of material to noticed certain Amerindian languages contained many find clues to an ancient culsimilarities with Hebrew and ture. But Stubbs search is for Egyptian, which is consistent linguistic artifacts that link with LDS beliefs that Hebrew one group to another. and Egyptian speakers came The Blanding resident re- to ancient America. Some of Stubbs, first articles cently received a $10,000 from the grant Brigham Young presented a few hundred Hefor the brew linguistic similarities Institute University Study and Preservation of that he had identified in Ancient Religious Texts to that received favoraide in his research of the able reviews from both He(UA) language family. brew and UA specialists. The Stubbs says the UA family present grant is to help pubincludes 30 Amerindian lanlish his findings of Egyptian guages that linguists know are similarities in related to each other and are UA may turn out to have descended from a common ansubstantial amounts of both cient language (Ute, Aztec, Hebrew and Egyptian, though and Hopi are three of the 30). many other Amerindian lanStubbs has published 16 ar- guages show no signs of eiticles on UA and related topther, Stubbs said. His reics for several books and joursearch may help end a debate nals. He is also finishing the among some scholars about largest book published on UA the form and extent of Egypcomparative vocabulary. Be- tian linguistic influence in ansides a masters degree in lincient writings. Stubbs hopes his research guistics, Stubbs has completed coursework for a Ph.D in an- will shed some light on two cient Near Eastern languages questions: what, if any, Amerindian languages show (Hebrew, Egyptian, Arabic). Uto-Aztec- Uto-Aztec- an Uto-Azteca- n. an THE SAN JUAN RECORD Wednesday, January link EgyptianUto-Azteca- n linguistically provable 14, 2004 - Page 5 ele- ments descended from Hebrew or Egyptian? And does the amount of Egyptian suggest that the ancient people dealt with the actual Egyptian language (a large amount of Egyptian vocabulary) or only with an Egyptian script (in which case the Egyptian vocabulary would be little to none). Stubbs believes his research is a small part of what must eventually be done to answer the questions. It will take another decade or three to build, clarify, and polish the case for Hebrew and Egyptian in cer- tain Amerindian languages sufficient for presentation and acceptance by the linguistic community as a whole. No one has yet come close to producing a linguistically convincing case for any of the 1500 Amerindian languages, so dont hold your breath; in fact, many languages show no such evidence. But there is evidence in some of those languages, only awaiting proper linguistic excavation, that this research project is a step in that direction. Brian Stubbs, who teaches at the College of Eastern Utah - San Juan Campus, spends hours entering new linguistic information combinations into his computer. Courtesy photo Burns planned at Indian Ck, Sand Island The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has been conducting fuel reduction efforts in Indian Creek and Radiation You may qualify for the Exposure Screening & Education Program (RESEP), a clinic designed to identify health problems related to work in the uranium industry and exposure to radioactive fallout from aboveground nuclear weapons testing. OLD & NEW RESEP INFORMATION! Come even if you have been to a previous RESEP program For more information, please plan to attend the following informational program or call or TOLL FREE 970-244-75- 43 Monticello, UT Dove Creek, CO Tuesday, January 20, 2004 10:00 to 11:00 am Dove Creek Community Center 403 West 7th Street 800-860-63- 35 Tuesday, January 20, 2004 2:00 to 3:00 pm Old San Juan County Courthouse 2nd Floor Commission Chambers 117 South Main Monticello Dove Creek is offered by St. Marys Hospital and the Tho roinraHo Radiation ExDOSure Screening and Education Program RESEP is offered by the Utah Navajo Health System. Funding is provided Saccomanno Research Institute. The Utah Bureau of Primary Health Care. bv the U ' S Health Resources and Services Administration, ,.,1 jjuliw Hiu--n u Sand Island campgrounds due to invasive species and overgrown fuels, drought, and the threat of wildfire. A multiple phase project is being conducted over the next few years. It is BLMs goal to minimize the possible impacts of wildfire in the campground and surrounding area, and provide safe zones in the event of a catastrophic fire. With the cooperation of cold weather and snow, the BLM will start burning the slash in the Indian Creek and Sand Island campgrounds as early as January 12, 2004 and continue through the winter. 9 The Kigalia Fine Arts Council presents ELK RIDGE BOYS Favorite music from extraordinary local talent Great Family Entertainment Jan 20 Tues 7 pm san juan high school auditorium blanding |