2005 Siouan-Caddoan Languages and Linguistics Conference.

[ROOD DAVID S]

I assume that the last weekend in May is Memorial Day weekend -- a time
when I don't want to be on the highway.  So I would vote for the mid-June
date, though chances are good I won't be able to be there this year
anyway.

	David

David S. Rood
Dept. of Linguistics
Univ. of Colorado
295 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0295
USA
rood at colorado.edu

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005, R. Rankin wrote:

> I need to set the date for our conference in late May or early June as soon as
> possible now so that we can move plans ahead.  We had talked about having the
> meeting around the time of the Osage dances which occupy three weekends during
> this period.  This would enable conference participants to attend one or more of
> said dances if they wished.  Jimm Good Tracks made the excellent point that, if
> we schedule our meeting the same weekend as any one of the Osage dances,
> interested Osages would not be able to attend because of the conflict.  This
> might well extend to Kaws, Quapaws and Poncas also.
>
> Carolyn Quintero wrote:
> > Pretty much we can count on Grayhorse dances being the first full weekend in
> > June. (3-4-5).  Then the next week would be Hominy.  Skip a week, then the
> > last week would be Pawhuska.   This is the usual pattern.
>
> I will enquire about these dates and try to verify them during the next few
> days.  If anyone knows for certain that this is the schedule, please let me
> know.  If this is indeed the schedule, then we should think about the Friday,
> Saturday and Sunday preceding the weekend of June 3-5, i.e., the last weekend in
> May, OR we should wait until the weekend of June 17, the week between the last
> two Osage dances.  Anyone have a preference?
>
> Best wishes to everyone for the New Year!
>
> Bob
>