Thank You, LaVonne

I'm sitting here, sort of paralyzed, trying to think of words to "honor" LaVonne. Surely there is nothing I can say that everyone doesn't already know—that she doesn't already know. But then, why should any of us withhold our gratitude out of fear she's heard it all? Thank you, LaVonne, for making so much of our scholarship and reading possible, for working so indefatigably to reprint, republish, recirculate, and re-cherish so many brilliant Native American authors. Thank you for giving us critical paradigms for thinking about those authors. Thank you for all of the precious institutions—McNickle, ASAIL—that you've supported, even helped build. And thank you, maybe most of all, for your patient, constant mentoring, for always being accessible and down-to-earth and incisive to even the most junior scholars. For always being there. Thank you.