CONFERENCE

[Marino]

Hello Jimm, Justin, Bob and others involved in hosting the Conference,

Thanks again for an excellent Siouan/Caddoan conference.  They are always
well worth attending.  The hospitality of the Kanza Cultural Committee and
the excellence of the facilities placed at our disposal made this one
uniquely memorable.  See you next year in Billings!

Mary



At 10:02 AM 6/20/2005, you wrote:
>Ho! Wíbtha han!
>Thanks for a very nice conference.  It was good to see, visit everyone and
>make new acquaintances.  It was a nice balance of technical papers and
>community grass roots efforts as shared by Justin McBride, Kaw Language
>Culture Committee and Ardena Moore, individual volunteered Khápha Ie
>(Quapaw) teacher from Miami, OK.  It was also encouraging to hear various
>one speak in Wazhazhe at the Hominy Osage Ilonska Dances, as they
>addressed the Ilonshka Zani and in prayers in the Drum Keeper's feast and
>dinners.
>
>For my part, I appreciate everyone and the Kanza Cultural Committee for
>their arrangements, facilities, hospitality and support for their
>community language efforts, which hopefully will be a role model to other
>local tribal communities.
>
>I pray that I will be able to provide a more substantial contribution for
>the next conference, and providence will allow funds to travel to the
>tentative location.
>Jimm
>