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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'll add my voice to welcome Wendy and
Lance!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kathy Shea</FONT></DIV>
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<A href="mailto:wbgrail@hotmail.com" title=wbgrail@hotmail.com>WENDY
BRANWELL</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:siouan@lists.colorado.edu"
title=siouan@lists.colorado.edu>siouan@lists.colorado.edu</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 13, 2001 9:03
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> another self-introduction</DIV>
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<P>Following Lance's steps, I'll also introduce myself.</P>
<P>My name is Wendy Branwell, and I am currently a graduate student in the
Anthropology department at Wichita State University. I am writing an
introductory descriptive grammar of the Kaw language with the invaluable
assistance of Dr. Rankin. The purpose of the grammar is to offer it to the Kaw
as a tool for a language revitalization project I believe to have been
recently initiated there in Kaw City.</P>
<P>Any knowledge pertaining to Kaw culture and language is appreciated.</P>
<P>To work with endangered languages is my passion, although, like Lance, my
knowledge depth of linguistics is limited due to lack of a linguistic dept. at
Wichita State. I am ESL certified with a BS in Technical Writing, and Phd work
in literary theory at Rice University (1988). I lived in Costa Rica as a
newspaper reporter for 6 years, and have lived in Panama, Guatemala, India,
England and the Netherlands. If any of you know of a program seeking
individuals to work in endangered language documentation, I'd be grateful for
the contact. I should be finished in Wichita this August, and am welcoming a
move out of the Wichita area (if ya know what I mean....). I look forward to
getting to know all of you.<BR><BR></P></DIV><BR clear=all>
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