Talks & Readings: Talks/Lectures Virtual Lunch and Learn: “The Archaeology of Charraw Town in the Catawba Indian Nation” The reinterpretation of a 1756 map of the Catawba Nation led archaeologists from the Research Laboratories of Archaeology at UNC-Chapel Hill to investigate archaeological site 38YK17, the likely remains of Charraw Town. This presentation from Dr. Mary Beth...	Native American Studies Center Lancaster, SC Fri 9/17/21 at 12pm-1pm
Talks & Readings: Conference, Talks/Lectures Rediscovering Your Heritage Through Your Habits and Hobbies DNA results help us find ourselves, but they don’t help us see ourselves in ancient, historical, or contemporary practices of Africa. This workshop will enable the attendees to uncover, recover, and discover information about their heritage through targete...	Virtual Event Charlotte, NC Mon 10/4/21 at 7pm-10pm Mon 11/1/21 at 7pm-10pm Mon 12/6/21 at 7pm-10pm
Talks & Readings: Talks/Lectures The Chemistry of Catawba Indian Pottery Dr. Art Greenberg, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at the University of New Hampshire, discusses the chemistry involved in the process of creating Catawba pottery in this program held as part of the 16th Annual Native American Studies Week. Held in conjunc...	Native American Studies Center Lancaster, SC Mon 11/15/21 at 12:15pm-1:15pm
Talks & Readings: Talks/Lectures Medicine among the Aztecs In an age of pandemics, face masks, and vaccinations, we can look back and witness the greatest of all catastrophes, the Demographic Catastrophe. Up to 100 million inhabitants died because of contagious diseases Europeans brought with them to the Americas...	Native American Studies Center Lancaster, SC Tue 11/16/21 at 12pm-1pm
Talks & Readings: Talks/Lectures Lunch and Learn: Indigenous Science and the Three Sisters Diet Chef Dave Smoke-McCluskey (Mohawk), culinary educator and owner of Corn Mafia Small Batch Hominy, discusses the science of nixtamalization and its impact on the agricultural Indigenous diet. Chef McCluskey’s Lunch and Learn Lecture is held in conjunction w...	Native American Studies Center Lancaster, SC Fri 11/19/21 at 12pm-1pm
Talks & Readings: Talks/Lectures Lunch and Learn: Really? You don’t look like an Indian…': An Examination of Native American Representation through Mascots in South Carolina “'Really? You don’t look like an Indian…': An Examination of Native American Representation through Mascots in South Carolina" Hannah Bauer, SC Commission for Minority Affairs This presentation examines the difference between the way Indigenous America...	Native American Studies Center Lancaster, SC Fri 12/10/21 at 12pm-1pm