Complex sentence: This is the first time in the United States that a language has been revived after the death of all native speakers, and in 2010 Baird was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship for her leadership.
Split into simpler sentences: This is the first time in the United States that an attempt at reconstructing a language--after the death of all native speakers, has been made. In 2010 Baird was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship for her leadership.