Siouan Conference

[Vida Stabler]

UdoN.  I'm going out of town I'll call later.  Vida


Catherine Rudin/HU/AC/WSC wrote:

> Hi, Vida!  Glad you are in on the conversation.   I'd love to have the
> UmoNhoN Language Center's input in planning the conference.  A presentation
> on the work you and the elders have been doing in Macy would be great -- I
> was hoping for something like that anyway, so I'm glad you volunteered it.
> Maybe we can arrange a visit to the Center, or maybe you have other ideas.
> I'll call you to talk about it.
>
> Thanks for your invitation -- it's way too long since I've made it over to
> the school.   I'll try to come see you guys before the semester gets too
> messy.  Probably on a Tuesday or Thursday afternoon.  But I'll call first.
>
> Talk to you soon.   Give my regards to everyone at the Center!
> Catherine
>
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>                       Vida Stabler
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> Hi Catherine, now you have my interest.  I always wanted to find an
> opportunity
> where the Siouan group could meet our team here at the UmoNhoN Language
> Center.  We'd love to be involved with the planning.  Maybe we could share
> some
> of the work we do.  Many of you know our team at the School has been
> working
> with Ardis Eschenberg for over 3 years now.  For those of you who don't
> know,
> the Elders (6), Ardis and I are part of a revitilization effort here on the
> Omaha reservation.  We have made great gains over the last 3 years and I
> will
> never again 'bad talk' Linguists (aye!).  The Siouan group can really do a
> lot
> to help Native people with revitilization efforts.  We've been at it over 5
> years and could present what we have learned, especially what the Elders
> have
> taught us.  What do you think?
> Vida Stabler, UmoNhoN Language Center Director
>
> Catherine Rudin/HU/AC/WSC wrote:
>
> > Hey, all --  I'm finally back home in Nebraska from the Michigan meeting
> > (just in time to  catch the tail end of the Omaha tribal powwow in Macy,
> on
> > a scorching hot day) and before I get sidetracked by too many other
> things
> > I want to check in with everybody about next year's conference.
> >
> > (1) The conference will be in Wayne, Nebraska, hosted by Wayne State
> > College.  I talked to my dean and he is enthusiastic about
> > supporting/hosting us, so it's definitely a go.
> >
> > (2) DATE --   Let's aim for early summer -- June or possibly even late
> May.
> > Say, the weekend of May 29, June 5, 12, 19,  26, or July 3??  Does anyone
> > know of conflicts or have preferences among these dates?   I know it's
> way
> > early, but summer has a tendency to get filled up, so I'd like to set a
> > date soon ...
> >
> > (3) Just to get it in writing...  the 2005 meeting is tentatively set for
> > Oklahoma, with Bob &/or Kathy hosting, no?
> >
> > Catherine