A recent Lunch at the Library presentation from Brooke M. Bauer, who discussed her new book, Becoming Catawba: Catawba Indian Women and Nation-Building, 1540–1840 (The University of Alabama Press, 2022).
Filmed by anthropologist Frank G. Speck in 1927 and owned by the Penn Museum.
Historical archaeologist Mary Beth Fitts from the Office of State Archaeology, NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, discusses sites associated with the Catawba people and what they can teach us about Catawba history, foodways, politics, and economics.
Nicholas Galanin discussed his current exhibition, "Dreaming in English" and his upcoming outdoor sculpture project, "Unshadowed Land" with Dr. Rose Stremlau, DeLesslin "Roo" George-Warren, and Lia Newman.
Artist Nicholas Galanin is a Native Alaskan artist of Tlingit and Unangax̂ ancestry. Galanin offers perspectives rooted in connection to land and broad engagement with contemporary culture. He embeds incisive observation into his work, investigating intersections of culture and concept in form, image and sound. Galanin's works embody critical thought as vessels of knowledge, culture and technology. Segment from the STORYTELLERS episode, PBS premiere December 11, 2020.
Davidson College volunteers execute the first phase of the outdoor art installation by Nicholas Galanin, a Tlingit and Unangax̂ artist from Alaska. The next phase of the year-long process will take place this month, when volunteers return to prepare the soil for spring planting.
Davidson College and the Catawba Nation have entered into a multi-year partnership, Dúta Bahiisere Kus Ráˀhere (We Know Corn Together), involving the Catawba Indian Nation and the faculty, staff, and students of Davidson College. Members of the college and Catawba communities routinely collaborate on art installations and exhibitions, educational events hosted on campus and on the Catawba reservation, and research focused on Indigenous food sovereignty, sustainability, and history, toward the goal of forging a reciprocal relationship.
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