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Color photograph showing exterior view of a reconstructed Catawba bark house. This style of dwelling was traditional for Catawba before and for some time after European colonization. The structure is circular, constructed of a frame of longs and saplings covered with bark shingles, and thatched with grass.

Color photograph showing exterior view of a reconstructed Catawba bark house. This style of dwelling was traditional for Catawba before and for some time after European colonization. The structure is circular, constructed of a frame of longs and saplings covered with bark shingles, and thatched with grass.

Color photograph of the interior of a traditional Catawba bark house. This view shoes the support structure of trimmed branches and saplings, as well as the long bark shingles. Bark houses were arranged around a central fire pit, with an opening in the center of the thatched roof above to allow smoke to escape. Wooden benches were used for sitting and sleeping.

Color photograph of the interior of a traditional Catawba bark house. This view shoes the support structure of trimmed branches and saplings, as well as the long bark shingles. Bark houses were arranged around a central fire pit, with an opening in the center of the thatched roof above to allow smoke to escape. Wooden benches were used for sitting and sleeping.

Color photograph of the interior of a traditional Catawba bark house. This view shoes the support structure of trimmed branches and saplings, as well as the long bark shingles. Bark houses were arranged around a central fire pit, with an opening in the center of the thatched roof above to allow smoke to escape. Wooden benches were used for sitting and sleeping.

Color photograph of the interior of a traditional Catawba bark house. This view shoes the support structure of trimmed branches and saplings, as well as the long bark shingles. Bark houses were arranged around a central fire pit, with an opening in the center of the thatched roof above to allow smoke to escape. Wooden benches were used for sitting and sleeping.

Catawba Interview Clips

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.

32 duplex photocopy pages of a Catawba-English dictionary. Original document appears to have been created on a dot-matrix printer and includes handwritten page numbers and a note at the top of page 1 reading "Current 9/15/87." Catawba words are listed alphabetically.