The survey also hosts events related to language revitalization and preservation.
The Survey was started as a pilot project by Berkeley linguistics professor Murray Emeneau[1] and Mary Haas in 1953.
The first project was a study of the Karuk language by William Bright, then a graduate student.
[7] Beginning in 1976 the Survey began publishing the proceedings of Hokan–Penutian Workshop, which addressed the proposed Hokan and Penutian language families.
[9] In addition to Haas, the Survey has been directed by Wallace Chafe and Leanne Hinton.