Excellence in Community Linguistics Award Previous Holders
2019 The Khumuno Wu'u Kotira Indigenous School Association (ASEKK)
2019 Nancy Richardson Steele, Karuk Tribe/Advocates for California Indigenous Language Survival
2018 Dehe Wang of the Ersu Tibetan language community (Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China)
2017 Bessie Ejai and Jessie Sampi of the Bardi language community of the Kimberley region of Northwestern Australia
2016 Valerie Switzler (Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Oregon)
2015 Muriel Fisher (Tucson Gaelic Institute)
2014 Mary Ann Metallic (Listuguj Education Directorate – Listuguj Mi'gmaq Government)