Catawba potter Keith Brown demonstrates traditional Catawba pipe making techniques.
Keith BrownKim Rodgers demonstrates how to hang, gut, skin, and process a deer.
Kim RodgersCatawba artist Ericka Pursley teaches advanced beadwork techniques.
Ericka PursleyCatawba citizen and artist Beckee Garris demonstrates the Catawba Women's Honor and Welcome dances.
Catawba Cultural Services DivisionCatawba artist Kassidy Plyler demonstrates the traditional Catawba women's Fancy Dance.
Catawba Cultural Services DivisionCatawba artist Travis Blue demonstrates the traditional Catawba Hunter's Dance.
Catawba Cultural Services DivisionChef Dave McCluskey provides a brief overview of the importance of corn to indigenous people, and the traditional methods used for nixtamalization to improve the nutritional value of native corn. This brief talk was presented at a dinner featuring foods prepared with Catawba corn for the first time in living memory.
Catawba Cultural Services DivisionChef Dave Smoke McCluskey discusses the history and importance of corn in the indigenous American diet and culture.
Dave Smoke McCluskeyDr. Heather Lapham, of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Research Labs of Archaeology, discusses the process of designing and installing museum displays at the Catawba Cultural Center combining archaeological materials from UNC, artifacts from the Catawba Nation Archives, and collaboration between Dr. Lapham's team and the Cultural Center staff.
Catawba Cultural Services DivisionCatawba Elder Beckee Garris tells the Catawba creation story "First Woman," and the traditional Catawba story of the Yehasuri, the "little people." She contextualizes the stories within Catawba culture and society by talking about Catawba history and traditions. Also includes discussion of a book collection of Native stories which included these tales.
Catawba Traditional