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Catawba artist Travis Blue Demonstrates how to put a rim on a reed basket.

Catawba artist Kassidy Plyler with the Catawba Cultural Center teaches a class on traditional long leaf pine needle basketry. as part of our Catawba Culture Class series.

Marvin Bouknight, the Catawba Nation's Environmental Services and Natural Resources Program Manager, discusses the importance of native river cane in Catawba history and culture, as well as efforts to reintroduce river cane to it's traditional habitat along the Catawba River.

Dr. Wenonah Hare demonstrates traditional Catawba gourd working techniques.

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.

Catawba Elder Keith Brown recounts the traditional Catawba story of the Yehasuri, the "little people."

Catawba Travis Blue recounts the traditional Catawba stories "The Rattlesnake" and "The Opossum," taken in part from Frank G. Speck's Catawba Stories, and from Blue's own research and remembrances of hearing the stories told by Catawba elders.

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).

Dr. 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 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.