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.
Jeff HarrisLydia Locklear, CIN Deputy Tribal Attorney, discusses Catawba Nation's EC Roles and Responsibilities.
Lydia LocklearShawn Butler, CIN Director of Public Safety, discusses jurisdiction and law enforcement within the Catawba Nation.
Shawn ButlerDr. 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.
In this video, Catawba Citizen Roo George-Warren demonstrates how to use fibrous plants found in the Catawba homlands to create cordage, or rope.
Catawba Cultural Services DivisionDr. 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. 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 DivisionLydia Locklear, CIN Deputy Tribal Attorney, discusses an overview of tribal governance and how that relates to the Catawba Nation.
Lydia LocklearMeredith Join, CIN Director of Justice Services, the future of the governance court within the Catawba Nation.
Meredith Join