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in 1999 and was promoted to an associate professor in 2005. As a scholar, he is most well known for writing the
Tuscarora Dictionary, which the University of Toronto Press published in 1999. He also published over twenty articles in scholarly journals and helped edit several books. In 2004 Rudes
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Dr. Rudes was the recipient of several honors. In 2006 he was recognized by the
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so that members could relearn their ancestral language. His work additionally helped dispel a longstanding belief that the term "Chesapeake" meant "Great
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