50Th Annual Caddo Conference

50th Annual Caddo Conference March 6-8, 2008 Northwestern State University Natchitoches, Louisiana

Early registration: $20 non-students [$25 at the conference] $10 students [$15 at the conference] Make checks payable to: Caddo Conference-NSU Anthro. Club Submit registration to: Caddo Conference LRFP Box 3663 NSU Natchitoches, LA 71497

First Call for Papers: We encourage submissions that reflect upon the past 50 years of Caddo research, as well as new research directions. Of course, we also invite research papers that examine other aspects of Caddo archaeology, ethnography, and history.

Poster Session: This year, as a public component of the conference, we will also sponsor a poster session. Posters should relate information on some aspect of Caddo culture in a manner that will be useful for presentation to the general public. The posters will be on display during the conference, and available after the conference for use by the Caddo and others involved in public education. Electronic files with the poster designs may be submitted for printing here.

Preliminary Schedule

Thursday, March 6 7-9 p.m. Registration and wine & cheese reception Williamson Museum 2nd Floor, Kyser Hall, NSU

Friday, March 7 8:00-11:30 Welcome & papers – Student Union 11:30-1:30 Dedication of the Fish Hatchery Site Caddo Memorial Plaza at the Natchitoches National Fish Hatchery. Lunch for all attendees will be provided at the site by F.I.S.H. (Friends in Support of the Hatchery). 1:30-4:30 Papers

Friday Night – Dinner on your own Saturday 9:00-12:00 Papers 12:00-2:00 Lunch on your own 2:00-4:30 Papers, business meeting 5:00-6:00 Turkey Dance – Caddo Culture Club 6:00-7:00 Catered Creole Dinner 7:00-10:00 Caddo Culture Club Dance

Times are approximate, depending in large part on the number of paper submissions. Maps, information about restaurants and lodging, and conference a/v needs request will be sent out with the final call for papers in January.

The Friday lunch is free to all who attend the dedication at the Fish Hatchery. The Saturday evening meal will be catered by one of the premier Creole cooks in Natchitoches.

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the conference, we are compiling a 50th anniversary program and are looking for digital copies of photographs from prior conferences. If you have some good ones, or if you have stories or memories of past conferences, participants, etc., that you would like to share, please send those along as well. Also, bring any old programs you might want to share.

We will hold the silent auction again this year. Please think about what you might be able to contribute.