I am delighted to announce that thanks to a British Academy grant the American Indian Workshop Conference on Place and Indian History, Literature and Culture to be held at the University of Wales, Swansea 29th-31st March 2006 http://www.swansea.ac.uk/schools/humanities/conferences/american_indian.html

will now also include the renowned Acoma poet Simon Ortiz and the acclaimed young Indian novelist David Treuer from Minnesota.

It will be a pleasure to welcome two such significant figures as well as to recognize the welcome number of Indian scholars who have already signed up to make the journey overseas.

Happily, I am now also able to extend the conference abstract and registration deadline to 28th February 2006.

(Please use this site to learn more about Swansea and South Wales: http://www.welshwales.co.uk - *There is a bus trip to local Neolithic sites, Gower peninsular and beaches planned post-conference, 2.15pm 31st March 2006)