SCLC 7 was held in Boulder, CO on June 5, 1987. It was organized by David Rood, and held at the University of Colorado.* The program from this year appears below:

Friday, June 5, 1987**

  • “The Caddo defocused prefixes”

    Wallace Chafe (University of California, Santa Barbara)

  • “Isoglosses in Proto-Mississippi Valley Siouan”

    John E. Koontz (University of Colorado)

  • “Omaha-Ponca positionals”

    John E. Koontz (University of Colorado)

  • “Linguistic structure and narrative performance’

    Richard Lungstrum (University of Pennsylvania)

  • “Modifications to modularization”

    Trudi A. Patterson (University of Illinois)

  • “Ponca, Biloxi, and Hidatsa glottal stop and Quapaw gemination as historically related accentual phenomena”

    Robert L. Rankin (University of Kansas)

  • “Dative, benefactive, and possessive prefixes in Lakota”

    Willem de Reuse (University of Texas)

  • “An autosegmental analysis of ablaut”

    Patricia Shaw (University of British Columbia)

  • “The importance of Siouan and other head-marking languages for linguistic theory”

    Robert Van Valin (University of California, Davis)

*I do not have information on who hosted this year’s conference, and I am assuming that David organized this conference, given its location (though John Koontz could also have been involved). If anyone knows who actually organized the SCLC this year, please let me know.

**This program reflects what was posted by Ardis Eschenberg (https://web.archive.org/web/20030919051241/http://wings.buffalo.edu/linguistics/ssila/SACCweb/SACC8.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. The fact that only fivepresentations are listed suggests that there should be more, and Box 26 of the Robert Rankin Papers at the NAA confirm that there were several more talks, and possibly more than one day of talks (https://eddersko.com/assets/NAA.2014-16_FindingAid.pdf). Any attendees who have insight into this program are invited to reach out to clarify the program above.