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Chef 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.

Dr. 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 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.

Meredith Join, CIN Director of Justice Services, the future of the governance court within the Catawba Nation.

Catawba citizen Jeff Harris, the Director of Justice Services and Tribal Attorney for the Catawba Nation discusses the ongoing crisis of missing and murdered indigenous people in the United States.

Jeff Harris, Catawba citizen, the Director of Justice Services, and Tribal Attorney for the Catawba Nation discusses the history of the Termination Act (1959), the termination of the Catawba Nation's federal recognition, and the ultimately successful legal battle to reclaim recognition and settle long-standing land claims resulting form the illegal Treaty of Nation Ford (1840).

Jeff Harris, Catawba citizen, Director of Justice Services, and Tribal Attorney for the Catawba Nation discusses the history and importance of the Indian Child Welfare Act (1978), and recent challenges to its provisions.

Chef Dave Smoke McCluskey discusses the history and importance of corn in the indigenous American diet and culture.