33rd Siouan and Caddoan Conference

[Boyle, John]

Dear All,

The 33rd Siouan and Caddoan Languages Conference is approaching fast: 13-15 June, 2013, at Sitting Bull College, at Ft. Yates, North Dakota. We are only one month away and we need to finalize the planning and the schedule for the conference. A number of you have already registered for the conference. I would like to thank you for your planned participation; it should be a very exciting and fun conference again.

There have been some questions and unknowns about the registration, lodging, transportation, dinner, etc … which several people have asked about. I am sorry that I have not had a chance to personally respond to all these. I had some questions myself about the process. I have finally discussed these matters with John Boyle and Wil Meya. So, here are some more detailed pieces of information. I hope you find this helpful.

*Note on Registration and Additions/Changes:
If you have not registered for the conference and would like to do so, you can still register on the "registration" link at  http://www.laksummerinst.com/?page_id=36.

If you have registered and would like to go back and change/add some options (i.e., add the dinner, lunches, t-shirts, …) you can do so by using the login that you created during your initial registration process. Simply go back to the website, click on "Register Now", and then at the bottom right side of the next screen click on "View or Change your Existing Registration". You can then login with the email and password you used/created during your initial registration.

If you would like to join the dinner we are planning for the evening of June 13th in the restaurant a the Casino, please indicate that in the registration. Again, if you have decided now that you want to add that, you can go back into the registration you created and add this option. That way we will have a good idea of how many people to expect for this dinner reservation.


*Very Important Note on Lodging:
As I indicated to some of you by email, we have a block of rooms at the Prairie Knights Casino Lodge set aside for our conference. When you went through the registration process the system allowed you to indicate which nights and how many rooms you needed. This process only gives us a count of the number of rooms and the dates for the rooms. In order for you to actually reserve a room you need to now call the Prairie Knights Casino Lodge at 701-854-7777 and reserve room(s) for yourself and whoever else is coming with you. So, if you have not contacted the Lodge please do so at this point. When you call them mention that you are reserving room(s) for the "Siouan and Caddoan Languages Conference" event.

*Important Notes on Transportations:
Some of you have asked me about transportation. The closest airport to the lodge and conference location is the Bismarck Airport. The airport is on the east side of Bismarck, and it is approximately 55 miles from the Lodge. From my experience, it takes about one hour to drive this - if you don't speed! You can look at the directions on google maps (or equivalent). If you are flying into Bismarck and need a ride from the airport to the Lodge/Conference site we can try to arrange/organize carpools and pickup. Please let us know in advance so we can plan.

The conference location will be at Sitting Bull College, which is approximately 14 miles from the Prairie Knights Casino Lodge. There will be a free daily shuttle bus that from the the Lodge to the College, and back from the College to the Lodge. We can also carpool back and forth.


*Abstracts:
I would also like to thank those who have submitted paper titles and abstracts! I have not had a chance to personally respond to each one of you, but I have actually received your abstracts and I am looking forward to hearing all your papers.  Originally, we had set the abstract deadline as 5th of May. Since we are still organizing the last few things for the conference, if you have an idea for a paper and would like to present it, John Boyle and I are still able to look at a few more abstracts.  You can send your abstracts/ideas in PDF or Word format, to Armik.Mirzayan at usd.edu<mailto:Armik.Mirzayan at usd.edu>. Please try to keep your abstracts to a maximum of one page.


Johan and I will get back with you soon with a preliminary schedule.

Best wishes,
Armik

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Armik Mirzayan,  Assistant Professor
Department of Languages, Linguistics, and Philosophy
The University of South Dakota
414 E. Clark St.
Vermillion SD 57069
Armik.Mirzayan at usd.edu<mailto:Armik.Mirzayan at usd.edu>
Phone:  605-677-3159
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