SCLC 18 was held in Bloomington, IN from May 29 through May 30, 1998. It was organized by Doug Park and Ray DeMallie, and hosted at Indiana University.* The program from this year appears below:

Friday, May 29, 1998 & Saturday, May 30, 1998**

“Is there a proximate/obviative system at work in Hidatsa narratives?”
John P. Boyle (University of Chicago)
“Endangered languages, endangered cultures: A report from the field”
Richard Chilton (Omaha Nation)
“kį, k’ų, and reference tracking in ‘Double-Face Tricks Girl’”
Traci Curl (University of Colorado)
“Snake oil or valuable resource? Multimedia technology in Native American language revitalization efforts”
Brenda Farnell (University of Illinois)
“Does Lakhota have a subject?”
Hartwell Francis (University of Colorado)
“Linguistic and musical phrases in Dakotan singing: A preliminary analysis”
Erik D. Gooding (Indiana University)
“Proto-Siouan /s/ and /š/ in Iowa-Otoe”
Thaddeus C. Grimm (Independent Scholar)
“Quotative morpheme variations in Wichita”
Lori S. Heintzelman (University of Colorado)
“Comparative Siouan possession: 3rd person”
Dan Kelty (Independent Scholar)
“Morphosyntax of Mandan nominalization”
Mauricio Mixco (University of Utah)
“The Indiana Dictionary Database and multimedia language lessons: A progress report”
Douglas R. Parks (Indiana University), Raymond J. DeMallie (Indiana University), Wallace E. Hooper (Indiana University), Michelle Lewandowski (Indiana University), & Francis Flavin (Indiana University)
“Osage subordinators”
Carolyn Quintero (Independent Scholar)
“Siouan-Catawban-Yuchi genetic relationship with a note on Caddoan”
Robert L. Rankin (University of Kansas)
“Postverbal constituents in Omaha-Ponca”
Catherine Rudin (Wayne State College)
“An inquiry into linguistic evidence of intertribal contacts of the Southern Caddo”
Helen H. Tanner (Newberry Library)

*The hosts are assumed based on an assumption, given Doug and Ray’s longstanding presence at the SCLC and involvement in Siouan and Caddoan linguistics. I invite anyone with more specific information on the host(s) to reach out to clarify this issue.

**This program reflects what was posted by Ardis Eschenberg (https://web.archive.org/web/20030623074312/http://wings.buffalo.edu/linguistics/ssila/SACCweb/SACC18.htm). She listed the program in alphabetical order by first author’s last name, so it is unclear which day each talk took place. Furthermore, it is unclear if this program represents the official program and excludes any changes to the itinerary or if it represents those papers that were read at the conference. Any attendees who have insight into this program are invited to reach out to clarify the program above.