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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.

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

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 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.

Dr. Davis take a close look at late Catawba settlement sites near Nation Ford, South Carolina.

Dr. Steve Davis discusses his archaeological discoveries that reveal some of the history of the ancestral Catawba tribes in North Carolina.

Lydia Locklear, CIN Deputy Tribal Attorney, discusses an overview of tribal governance and how that relates to the Catawba Nation.

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