In March, 1970, over 200 people attended the First Convocation of American Indian Scholars in Princeton, New Jersey in the US, so this is the fortieth anniversary. I am working on a way to recognize those who attended this historic meeting during our NAISA meeting in Tucson, but could use some help figuring out who from the participant list might still be around these days.

I have listed those whose whereabouts are known, those who are known to have passed on, and those I don't have solid information on. If you have information (especially solid information if you are reporting that someone has passed away/walked on), leave a comment or send a message by email to rwarrior@illinois.edu. Here's the long list, including age and tribal affiliation as listed in the published proceedings from 1970:

Participant List from First Convocation of American Indian Scholars
Princeton, New Jersey March, 1970

Whereabouts known or reported known:
George H. Abrams, 30, Seneca
Lee Antell. 27, Chippewa
Benjamin Barney, 24
Linda Belarde, 22, Tlingit
W. Roger Buffalohead, Ponca
Mary Gloyne Byler, Cherokee
Herman Laluz Cata, 35, San Juan Tewa
Rachelle Laluz Cata, 28, Cochiti Pueblo
Rosemary Christensen, Chippewa
Raymond Cross, 21, Mandan-Hidatsa
Denise Deane, 19, Arikira
Patricia Ann Dixon, 21, Luiseno
Philip Sam Deloria, 28, Standing Rock Sioux
John E. Echohawk, 24, Pawnee
Gloria Emerson, 30, Navajo
Duane Evans, 33, Potawatomi
Velma M. Garcia, 24, Acoma
Ronald Halfmoon, 37, Umatilla
Benjamin Hanley, 28, Navajo
Kathryn Harris, 20, Comanche
Jerry M. Hill, 31, Oneida
Pare Hopa, 34, Maori
Gary Kimble, 28, Gros Ventre
Vincent L. Knight, 24, Ponca
Joseph Little, 20, Mescalero Apache
Frank LaPena, 32, Wintun
Simon Looking Elk, 32, Sioux
Harriett Marmon, 29, Laguna Pueblo
Laverne Masayesva, Hopi
(Victor Masayesva, Hopi--not on list, but attended as high school student)
Bud Mason, 33, Arikira-Mandan
Harvey McCue, 25, Ojibway
Taylor McKenzie, 38, Navajo
Steve McLemore, 33, Cherokee-Pima
Chris McNeil, 21, Tlingit
N. Scott Momaday, Kiowa
Joann S. Morris, 25, Chippewa
Rosalie Nichols, Miwok
Dale Old Horn, 24, Crow
Simon J. Ortiz, 28, Acoma Pueblo
Vincent F. Randall, 29, Camp Verde Apache
Dawn Good Elk Rieker, 21, Sioux
Buffy Sainte-Marie, Cree
Joe Sando, 46, Jemez Pueblo
Thelma Stiffarm, Gros Ventre-Cree
Donald W. Wanatee, 37, Mesquakie
Dick West, Jr., 27, Southern Cheyenne
James L. West, 24, Southern Cheyenne
Floyd M. Wyasket, 23, Ute
Frederick Young, 37, Navajo

(from the list of artists)
Barbara Goodluck
Bill Soza

(from the list of non-Native guests)
Lowell J. Bean
Edward Bruner
Bernard L. Fontana
Gary Orfield

Confirmed or reported to be deceased:
Robert L. Bennett, 57, Oneida
Samuel Billison, Navajo
Herb Blatchford, 42, Navajo
Henrietta Blueye, 22, Seneca
Joseph Brown, 53, Blackfeet
Rupert Costo, 63, Cahuilla
Jeanette Henry Costo, 52, Eastern Cherokee
George M. Crossland, 33, Osage
Vine Deloria, Jr., 36, Standing Rock Sioux
William G. Demmert, Jr., 36, Tlingit
Lionel H. Demontigny, 34, Chippewa
Adolph L. Dial, 47, Lumbee
Emerson Eckiwardy, 41, Comanche
Jesse Greene, Nez Perce
Robert Kaniatobe, Choctaw
Edmund D. Ladd, 44, Zuni
Charles Loloma, 46, Hopi
Edwin L. Madsen, 33, Flathead
Bea Medicine, 30, Standing Rock Sioux
D’Arcy McNickle, 65, Flathead
Michael A. Misiaszek, 24, Colville
William Morgan, Sr., 51, Navajo
Mary F. Nelson, 36, Colville
Emmett Oliver, 55, Quinault
Alfonso Ortiz, Tewa
Michael M. Paul, 34, Colville-Salish
Robert Penn, 22, Sioux
Dillon Platero, 43, Navajo
Ann P. Rainer, 28, Taos
Montana H. Rickards, 57, Cherokee
Jack R. Ridley, 35, Shoshone
Fritz Scholder, 32, Luiseno
Wilfred C. Wasson, 45

(From the list of artists)
Fred Beaver
Blackbear Bosin
T.C. Cannon
Patrick Swazo Hinds
Allan Houser
Oscar Howe
Fred Kabotie
Mike Kabotie
Yeffe Kimball
Al Momaday
George Morrison
Fritz Scholder
Jose Rey Toledo
Pablita Velarde
Dick West, Sr.

(From the list of invited non-Native scholars)
Harold E. Driver
Kenneth Hale
Edward H. Spicer
William Sturtevant

Whereabouts Unknown

Andrew Acoya, 26, Laguna Pueblo
Russell Ayers, 67, Oklahoma Cherokee
Lee R. Bacon, 41, Choctaw
Lew Barton, 52, Lumbee
John W. Bates, 19, Omaha
Eugene Benally, 21, Navajo
Philip Cassadore, 37, San Carlos Apache
Edward L. Clark, Comanche
Solomon Cook, 50, St. Regis Mohawk
John H. Compton, 40, Sioux
Maria De Oca Corwin, 28, Seneca
Dorothy Davids, 46, Stockbridge-Munsee
Louise Descheeny, 21, Navajo
Brian Deering, 25, Iroquois
Wilbur V. Dixon, 43, Navajo
Jack Edmo, 29, Shoshone-Bannock
P. Michael Galvan, 19, Ohlone
George A. Gill, 44, Omaha
Annie Lee Henry, 32, Choctaw
Frank Henry, 40, Choctaw
Bernard A. Hoehner, 46, Standing Rock Sioux
Kathy Hurst, 20, Creek
Calvin J. Isaac, 36, Choctaw
Wanda Janis, 21, Oglala Sioux
Arthur S. Junaluska, Cherokee
Travis F. Kinsley, 19, Papago-Hopi
Marigold Linton, Cupeno
Peter Little, 33, Apache-Tewa
Ilarion Merculieff, 20, Aleut
Arlene Millich, 31, Southern Ute
Solomon McCombs, 54, Creek
Barry Nicholas, 27, Malecite
Sparlin W. Norwood, 32, Cherokee
Hurley Packhurst, 35, Oneida
James C. Peterson, 35, Blackfeet
Karen S. Peterson, 27, Cherokee
Robert L. Pierce, 18, Seneca
Charles A. Poitras, Jr., 31, Sac and Fox
Coey Real Bird, 23
Helen Marie Redbird, Cherokee
David J. Red Fox
Jacob Reynolds, 19, Cheyenne-Arapaho
Leonard Robbins, 23, Navajo
Donald D. Ross, Sioux
Herschel Sahmaunt, 36, Kiowa
Marlene Salway, 24, Blackfeet
Catherine B. Sanders, 51, Cherokee
Kenneth L. Saupitty, 32, Comanche
Joseph Senungetuk, 30, Eskimo
Jackie Sine, 20
Fred Smith, 30, Seminole
William A. Thacker, 28, Paiute
Bobby Thompson, 24, Choctaw
Kent C. Ware II, 28, Kiowa
Barry White, 19, Seneca
Dennis R. White, 23, Chippewa
Elizabeth Whiteman, 22, Crow
Richard N. Wilson, 33, Santee Sioux
Saundra Wilson, 20, Sioux
John R. Winchester, 48, Potawatomi
Barbara Woelk, 21, Kiowa

Artists
Larry Bird
George Burdeau
Robert Chee
Jimmie C. Fife
Henry Gobin
Joan Hill
John Hoover
Peter Jones
Otellie Loloma
Solomon McCombs
Leatrice Mikkelsen
Lawney Reys
C. Terry Saul
Willard Stone

Non-Native Scholar Guests
William Brandon
Richard I. Ford