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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank-you, all, for your kind condolences, both on
the list and off. I hope to respond to you individually. The attendance at
Uncle Parrish's funeral--an all-night meeting of the NAC, followed by a
traditional noon meal, giveaway, and ceremony at the cemetery--was attended by a
great number of people from far and near, including NAC members from among the
Comanches, Omahas, and Dine people. I thought that both of write-ups in
the paper that I saw were exceptionally good. Thanks, Jonathan, for
sending the link below.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kathy</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Parrish Williams</DIV>
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On <B>Mon, 10/5/09, David Kaufman <I><<A href="mailto:dvklinguist2003@yahoo.com">dvklinguist2003@yahoo.com</A>></I></B>
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David Kaufman <<A href="mailto:dvklinguist2003@yahoo.com">dvklinguist2003@yahoo.com</A>><BR>Subject:
Re: Parrish Williams<BR>To: <A href="mailto:siouan@lists.Colorado.EDU">siouan@lists.Colorado.EDU</A><BR>Date:
Monday, October 5, 2009, 11:09 PM<BR><BR>
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<TD vAlign=top>I am sorry to hear about the death of Parrish
Williams. I didn't know him personally, but I've heard
Kathy talk about him many times. Kathy, let me know if you
need anything, and have a safe trip back to
OK.<BR><BR>Dave<BR><BR>--- On <B>Mon, 10/5/09, Kathleen Shea
<I><kdshea@aol.com></I></B> wrote:<BR>
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Kathleen Shea <kdshea@aol.com><BR>Subject: Re: Parrish
Williams<BR>To: siouan@lists.Colorado.EDU<BR>Date: Monday,
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Thank-you, Bob, for posting this on the
Siouan list for me and, Jill, for your kind comments. I
don't have it in me to write much at this time, but I will try
to give a fuller report to the list later. I'll copy
here what I wrote tonight to my family in California to let
them know what has ocurred:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><EM>Parrish Williams--"Uncle" Parrish--passed away Sunday
morning peacefully in his sleep surrounded by family. He
was 96. I had just gotten to Ponca City Saturday
night. I went to a prayer meeting led by the Methodist
minister at his home last night, where the funeral will be
Wednesday. There will be an all-night meeting of the
Native American Church at the home Tuesday night. (Uncle
Parrish was very ecumenical.) As is traditional, the
funeral takes place on the fourth day, with a feast,
give-away, and a graveside ceremony.</EM></DIV>
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<DIV><EM>His death was timely but of course still a
shock. I am saddened, will miss him, and learned a lot
from him. His family are good people and treated me very
well, accepting me as one of the family. I'm writing
this from Lawrence, where I drove today to try to get my 2008
taxes in the mail, and I'll drive back down to Ponca City for
the supper before the NAC meeting tomorrow. I just
wanted you to know what's happening to me and my
whereabouts. If you want to read his obituary, it should
appear in tomorrow afternoon's Ponca City News at </EM><A href="http://www.poncacitynews.com/" target=_blank rel=nofollow><EM>www.poncacitynews.com</EM></A><EM>.
Please spread the word to others if you like, as I'm afraid of
leaving someone out if I try to add more e-mail
addresses.</EM></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Jill, I just want to add that, when I
first went to Oklahoma in the summer of 1994 to start working
with Uncle Parrish, he told me that it was due largely to
Grandpa Truman's encouragement and good experience working
with you, Lori Stanley, and Louanna Furbee that he decided to
meet me and ultimately committed himself to working with me as
long as I stayed with the project. He proved to be an
extremely intelligent and excellent teacher. Grandpa Truman
was about ten years older than Uncle Parrish and was one of
his mentors. I would say that they were both
magnanimous, interested in the welfare of their people, and
true citizens of the world. Another strong mentor for
Uncle Parrish was his grandpa (?) Ed Packhorse, who gave him
his fireplace. Uncle Parrish always aspired to live as
long as Grandpa Ed, and he did! (Grandpa Truman lived to
be about the same age as both of them, too.) I'm very
lucky to have had Uncle Parrish as my teacher, friend, and
adopted relative for as long as I have--fifteen
years.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Kathy</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<A title=Greer-J@MSSU.EDU rel=nofollow>Jill Greer</A> </DIV>
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Re: Parrish Williams</DIV>
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<DIV><BR>And a truly wonderful human being. </DIV>
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<DIV>I count it one of the privileges of my life to have met
Parrish and been a guest in his tipi. </DIV>
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<DIV>One of our Iowa elders, Arthur Lightfoot had an
adoptive relation to Parrish's late wife, so that was
the context for initially meeting him. He and
Grampa Truman Dailey (Otoe-Missouria) were called upon to
fly to Portland (?) to testify for Sen. Inouwe's
committee on religious freedom after the Smith vs. Oregon
case, and both of these elder roadman's testimonies appear
in the wonderful Kifaru Production
documentary <EM>Peyote Road</EM>. He was also
featured in Alice Anderton's "Word Path" program,
which was such a wonderful episode I often use it in my
classes. </DIV>
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<DIV>Jill </DIV>
<DIV><BR>>>> "Rankin, Robert L"
<rankin@ku.edu> 10/5/2009 10:41 AM
>>><BR>All,<BR><BR>Kathy Shea sends the sad news
that Parrish Williams has died. He was a fluent Ponca
speaker, a tribal elder and an important figure in the
Native American
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