Need help with name.

[Rankin, Robert L]

Thanks for the help, guys.  One of the KU profs has been asked by the Nebraska Winnebagos to help them with a medicinal ethnobotany project the tribe is undertaking.  Knowing that the man who talked at the conference had been a medic AND was interested in the language, I wanted to make sure the KU guy looked him up.  I could remember just about everything he said except his name -- a common failing I have, and age hasn't helped.
 
Bob

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You are referring to Andy Thundercloud 
Wisconsin Winnebago relocated to Nebraska. He served as a medic in Vietnam and got into the health field at Winnebago, NE. He left for awhile... at a time where there were many Winnebago-speaking elders on the street. When he returned to visit a few years ago he noticed zero-to-none surviving speakers in Winnebago. The Council requested his assistance at spearheading a massive language revitalization effort spanning preschool through Tribal College. 

I do not know of his current status. 

I would suggest calling Little Priest Tribal College and inquiring. 
402-878-2380 
P.O.Box 270 
Winnebago, NE 68071 

Regards, 
Mark Awakuni-Swetland

UmoNhoN ie thethudi
Omaha Language Spoken Here 



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Can someone on the list remind me of the name of the gentleman from the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska who gave the talk at the 2004 Siouan Conference at Wayne State College?  I was impressed with the talk, but I'm terrible with names, and his name doesn't appear on the printed program that I have.  I can't recall if he taught at Little Priest College or in the school system there.

Bob