"I am SO pleased with the work you have done. I handed copies of the book out at Christmas to my sons, and we sat around all night going through the stories and laughing and crying the entire time. My children and grandchildren have memories that I wish I had of my grandparents. This book I will cherish for the rest of my life as I will the memories of my mother and my father. You and Terry [graphic designer] have done an absolutely awesome job and putting this together in such a way that it reads quickly, and the pictures segue wonderfully. Thank you again for this wonderful work of art."
Mike Steinhauser in gratitude for "Memories of Clifford Steinhauser," an illustrated life history of his parents Clifford and Patricia (December 2022, 114 pages, self-published by Blurb.com)
“Over the past seven years, Loris has helped me research and write a book on ethnobotany of the Northern Plains. She has consistently shown imagination and initiative in tracking down obscure sources, making valuable suggestions, and expertly editing and writing text. She has been a gem and a terrific support through these many years, and I truly appreciate her many contributions. She has helped move my book from a dream to reality. I wholeheartedly endorse her as an expert editor and researcher.”
Dr. C. Thomas Shay, Senior Scholar, Anthropology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
Retired Archaeologist / Ethnobotanist residing in England
Under Prairie Skies: The Plants and Native Peoples of the Northern Plains, University of Nebraska Press, July 1, 2022, Under Prairie Skies: Nebraska Press (unl.edu)
“The shareholders [physicians/surgeons] are impressed and really pleased with the work that has been done so far. I can't tell you enough how great it has been to work with you on this book project. The quality of your work and professionalism has been exemplary. Your work was excellent and appreciated. The group just didn't think now was the time for the book. I hope we get to work together in the future.”
Dr. Andrew Thomas, Hand Surgeon, Summit Orthopedics, Woodbury, Minnesota
“I am most grateful and admire your research talents and experience. Of course, I would be happy to endorse your most efficient research!”
Arcadio Díaz-Quiiñones, Professor Emeritus, Princeton University, New Jersey
“Great work! You exceeded my expectations and moreover, were prompt in providing detailed results in a highly professional and well-organized manner. I’m extremely happy with this information that remained hidden for so many years but now adds to my family’s history. You are to be commended for this research and I can’t begin to explain how elated I am. Thank you so much!”
Michael Falk, New York
“Loris's detailed research culminated in a comprehensive history of a home in St. Paul where generations of our family lived in the 1920s and '30s. Thanks to her research, many doors were opened, and many memories rekindled. Family members from across the country were able to reconnect in person. Family papers, long thought lost, were found to be intact at the Minnesota Historical Society Library. Loris makes a personal investment in her discoveries as a historian and as a writer. Loris has a true gift and talent for telling family stories. The gifts Loris gave to our family are priceless!”
Joe and Connie Maas, Baltimore, Maryland
“We enjoyed working with Loris. She took great personal interest in our family and was very diligent about finding information that we hadn't previously found. She is very resourceful. I wouldn't hesitate to pass her name on to my friends and others.”
Anne Hamel Hickey Everett and Children, Mendota Heights, Minnesota
“Greetings, Loris! My apologies for taking so long to thank you for the superb history of our house! I should claim that I have had my nose stuck in it ever since you gave it to me and have hardly even stopped savoring it to take nourishment. It is so much fascinating detail and so exhaustive in so many directions that it has provided us with many hours of distraction. I know that the actual information about our specific house was sorely limited, partly because of the missing files, but you have a terrific talent for finding ways of tying in related information so that there is a real story or “history” there. I have only good, complimentary things to say about you, your professionalism, and your product. Thank you for the marvelous work. We are so pleased to have it, and Nancy was absolutely flabbergasted when she opened it. Once she made the connection to the architect’s drawing which I’d given her without explanation earlier, both took on extra significance. Best wishes!”
Richard Dana, Chair, Historic Preservation Commission, City of St. Paul, Minnesota
Archival Researcher & Rights Negotiator for “A Good Day to Die,” Award-winning documentary film focused on the life of Ojibwe Dennis Banks, co-founder of the American Indian Movement (AIM) and nationwide Native perspectives, created 2009-10; see www.agooddaytodiefilm.com.
To Tracey Baker, Head of Gale Family Library, Minnesota Historical Society, from Lynn Salt (Choctaw) and David Mueller, Filmmakers, Producers and Directors, LaQuinta, California:
“The other great service that MHS did for us was to connect us to Loris. She was invaluable to us and without her expertise, diligent attention to details and seemingly psychic abilities to find information for us that no one else could find, our film would have suffered. So, we are doubly grateful to you and MHS for the materials and to Loris, who was able to guide us to the best use of what was available to us in your collections.”
“You are a Godsend (or in Native terms, a Spirit-send)! We are so grateful for you and all your experience. We have other proposals out for more documentaries, which will call for research that is more extensive, and you are at the top of our list. Meanwhile, if anyone we know is looking for an archival researcher, you're the one!”
“Dennis and Tashina [Banks] are so grateful to you for all you have uncovered about his early days via these [Pipestone School] records and letters. So are we, as these letters will help us expand on the first act of his life, as there was so little to explore previously. Too much pain and misunderstanding about he thought his mother felt about him. You have helped uncover the truth of a mother's love, a 72-year-old man’s voice is now full of relief, and flooding with the natural love a child feels for his mother. Dennis thought she didn't want him anymore, a thought that changed the course of his life, but now, before he goes to Spirit world (in Dennis's words) he knows how much she loved him and how much she wanted him home with her. You have helped him so much and helped us all! We are so fortunate to have you with us on this journey. Blessings to our dearest archival detective.”
~Dennis Banks, Anishinaabe, Leech Lake Indian Reservation
~Tashina Banks, Lakota / Ojibwe, Albuquerque, New Mexico
~Lynn Salt and David Mueller, Filmmakers, Beverly Hills, California
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