SCLC 43 was held in Norman, OK from May 26 through May 28, 2023. It was organized by Ryan Kasak and hosted at the Sam Noble Museum at the University of Oklahoma. The program from this year appears below:

Friday, May 26, 2023

  • “A brief overview of Stoney Nakoda phonology”

    Terry Rider (Stoney Nakoda Nation), Travis Rider (Stoney Nakoda Nation), Cherith Mark (Stoney Nakoda Education Authority), & Corey Telfer (University of Calgary)

  • “Creating a treebank for Mandan”

    Maeve Carmody (University of Oklahoma) & Ryan M. Kasak (University of Oklahoma)

  • “Word-initial allophony of /r/ in Hocąk”

    Brigid Shanley (California State University, Long Beach) & Nancy Hall (California State University, Long Beach)

  • Tour of Sam Noble Native American Languages Collection & Ethnology Collection

Saturday, May 27, 2023

  • “A report on the application and efficacy of a modern dictionary in Lakota language revitalization”

    Alex FireThunder (Oglála Lakȟóta & Lakota Language Consortium)

  • “Positional Sound Symbolism in Umóⁿhonⁿ and Páⁿka”

    Julie Marsault (Inalco)

  • “Issues with the reconstruction of ‘woman’ in Proto-Caddoan”

    J. Drew Hancock-Mac Tamhais (University of Bern)

  • “Lenis and fortis obstruents in Hidatsa – what does that mean?”

    John Boyle (California State University, Fresno), Armik Mirzayan (University of Virginia), & V. B. Scott (University of Virginia)

  • “Linguistic anthropological impications of the Siouan word ‘bear’”

    Jill Greer (Missouri Southern State University) & Ryan M. Kasak (University of Oklahoma)

  • “Updates, observations, and challenges from Osage Language and Lifeways”

    Cameron Pratt (Osage Nation), Stephanie Rapp (Osage Nation), Dylan Herrick (University of Oklahoma), & Marcia Haag (University of Oklahoma)

  • “Another dive into Osage aspect marking”

    Marcia Haag (University of Oklahoma)

  • “Sissteon Wahpton Daḳota Lexicon”

    Alessandro Jaker (Sisseton Wahpeton College), Akiṡ’a Peters (Sisseton Wahpeton College), & Kaleb Caƞ Wiyuḣuġa (Sisseton Wahpeton College)

  • “Pronunciation and listening activities using language archives: Training perception and production”

    Michol Miller (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa)

Sunday, May 28, 2023

  • “New developments in language archiving: A community-responsive approach”

    Raina Heaton (University of Oklahoma)

  • “Towards a Comarative Caddoan Database”

    Ryan M. Kasak (University of Oklahoma)

  • “Revision of postpositions in Lakota (a Role and Reference Grammar approach)”

    Jan Ullrich (Language Conservancy)