Comparative Siouan Grammar project

Tue Jun 17 18:38:13 UTC 2008

I agree with Bob; it all sounds good.  Language instructors' session is a good idea, and we should DEFINITELY get the momentum back for the comparative Siouan grammar project.   These two ideas don't conflict - we can do both and still have time for some regular papers at the 2009 meeting.  

I think we should devote a whole day to comparative grammar, and we should get organized well in advance.  I wasn't able to get to Billings, and I've forgotten which topic I said I would look at (am I the only sieve-brain?) but I do think this is important!!! If Johannes is willing to be the organizer that would be great.  Is there someone who will be in Joplin who could bring the list of topics/chapters that was compiled before?  (And/or could someone circulate it electronically?)  I suspect I'm not the only one who could use a reminder.

I believe that Mark has not only offered, but we collectively have accepted Lincoln as the 2009 site.  The date I have noted is "June 5-7 or 12-14".  Should we make a decision?

Let's include a quick "business meeting" in the Joplin schedule, with confirming at least next year's plans as item #1 on the agenda.  Tentative 2010 plans could be discussed too - Chicago or wherever.  

Apologies if any of you get two near-identical messages from me.  I tried to reply earlier to Mark's note, but it seems to have gone only to him, not to the list -- at least I hope that's what happened to it!  

Catherine

>>> "Rankin, Robert L" <rankin at ku.edu> 06/17/08 12:53 PM >>>
This all sounds really great to me.  Perhaps Johannes would like to be the organizer of the comparative sessions (which might, in turn, provide an even stronger rationale for his getting travel funds), and Mark could organize the language instructors' sessions.  Hopefully we could schedule them so that we could all attend both.

Bob

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Aloha Johannes, 
Many thanks for your suggestions about future SACC agendas. 
I have offered to host the 2009 gathering here in Lincoln, Nebraska (the center of it all...or the most distant from anywhere else sort of place). 

The Dhegihanists have met here back in 2000 or so. 

I will be polling folks at Joplin about their interests regarding the agenda for 2009. 

If there is sufficient interest in organizing a session or three on the Comparative Siouan Grammar, Lincoln would be a good time to formalize it and push it forward a bit. 

There may be interest in organizing a session geared towards language instructors from on- and off-rez institutions. I would suspect that the Tribal Colleges in NE, SD, and OK might find this useful. Omaha Nation Public School (K-12), Walthill Public School, and Winnebago Public School could find some value in this as well. 

Let's put on our thinking caps as we head to Joplin. 

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Uthixide 

Mark Awakuni-Swetland
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
and Native American Studies
University of Nebraska
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Dear Siouanists,

I regret very much that I won't be able to attend this year's SCLC in Joplin,MO in particular because 
the program seems to be so interesting. Since I won't be personally there, I would like to make 
some suggestions from the other end of the world for the future conferences, which may be 
discussed during the conference in Joplin.

One of the exciting projeGrammar. 
Papers dealing with various aspects of Siouan grammar in a typological and historical comparative 
perspective were presented there. We also compiled a list with additional topics filling all in all at 
least two volumes. Unfortunately, this project came to a halt afterwards and I would like to give it a 
new push. So, my suggestion would be to plan on a follow up workshop on Siouan Comparative 
Grammar for the next year's conference, if this goal is still considered worthy among the participants 
to invest time and research. Could you discuss this question during the coming days? 

For me personally, this implies that I will revise and expand my paper on applicatives in Siouan. In 
addition, I volunteered for the causative constructions (if I recall that correctly), so I will start to work 
on a draft version on this topic that will be presented at the conference next year.

Another important point for me is: I will be able to come next only, if I can get funding for an 
overseas trip. This is not too difficult to obtain in particular for such a fascinating project, but I need 
the conference details some months in advance in order to be able to apply for money. Therefore, I 
would like to ask you to fix a date and location for the next and if possible for the conference in two 
years so that people from abroad have a chance to get the necessary funding. John Boyle 
mentioned to me that he is going to organize a conference in Chicago in 2010?

Anyway, I think the meeting in Joplin could provide a good opportunity to talk about the state of the 
art with regard to the comparative Siouan Grammar project and to plan on the next steps. 
Personally, I would like to participate in the planning, the organization, and the research as much as 
I can so that this project will come to a succesful end.

So, I wish all of you a wonderful and interesting meeting in Joplin,

Best,
Johannes

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