This series collects digital video files of Catawba artists teaching and demonstrating traditional beadworking techniques.
Catawba Cultural Services DivisionDr. Brooke Bauer, Catawba citizen and Assistant professor of History at USC-Lancaster, discusses Catawba history before and after European colonization.
Dr. Brooke Bauer, Catawba citizen and Assistant professor of History at USC-Lancaster, discusses the historical responses of Catawba women to warfare by the Catawba. These topics are further discussed in chapter 4 of her book, Becoming Catawba.
Dr. Brooke Bauer, Catawba citizen and Assistant professor of History at USC-Lancaster, discusses the traditional role of Catawba women in land management and the evolution of these practices in Catawba land ownership and leasing in the post-Colombian era. These topics are explored further is chapter 6 of her book, Becoming Catawba.
Dr. 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 BauerCatawba Artist Faye Greiner demonstrates traditional reed plaiting basketry techniques.
Catawba Master potter Mohave Bryson demonstrates basic pottery techniques as traditionally practiced by the Catawba.
Mohave BrysonBertha George Harris