Meredith Join, CIN Director of Justice Services, the future of the governance court within the Catawba Nation.
Meredith JoinCatawba citizens Aaron Baumgardner and Hayley Brezeale discuss the Catawba Nation's ongoing efforts towards food sovereignty, as well as the goals of the program as a whole.
Catawba Cultural Services DivisionDr. 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 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 DivisionDr. Brooke Bauer, Catawba citizen and assistant professor at the University of South Carolina at Lancaster discusses topics of Catawba history from her book, Becoming Catawba: Catawba Indian Women and Nation-Building, 1540-1840.
Brooke Bauer