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Director’s Column: This month, we will be celebrating our 13th annual Native American Studies Week. Dr. Director’s Column P. 1 Brooke Bauer, our most recent team-member, has put together an impressive array of Native American speakers and programs for this year’s event. The week’s focus on Native activism is partic- Studies Week P. 2-7 ularly appropriate in this time of renewed political activism; from Standing Rock to the Dr. Bauer Profile P.- 7 9 Women’s Marches, a drive for social justice is growing. And as is often the case, Native NASCA Launched Americans have led the way. The following pages detail the various activities of the week, In January P. 9-11 which again includes our Saturday Native arts and craft sale. (Note the wonderful portraits Pee Dee Exhibit P. 11-13 of the featured speakers by our own David Helwer). Tom Farris and Jessica Clark We’re looking forward to exhibit openings as part of Native American Studies Week. Exhibit P. 13-15 Works by Native artists Tom Farris and Jessica Clark will be on display in the Center’s new Recent Visits “Five Points” Gallery, and the Pee Dee Indian Tribe will be highlighting their culture and To The Center P.16-19 history in our Duke Energy Gallery. We are always delighted to turn over exhibit space to Upcoming our local Native communities, where they can tell their story themselves. Events P. 20 The Center’s Information P. 21 You’ll also find in this issue a description of the Native American South Carolina Archive. This unique resource, developed by Professors Brent Burgin and Chris Judge and a team in Flyers for the Center P. 22-24 Columbia, promises to be a valuable tool for researchers and students. Professor Burgin’s work on this project and a whole host of others earned him this year’s Distinguished Ar- chaeologist of the Year Award from the Archaeology Society of South Carolina. All of us here at USCL congratulate Brent on this well-deserved honor! In addition to Native American Studies Week, the coming weeks and months promise to be busy for the Native American Studies faculty at USCL. We’ll be participating in the Red Rose Festival and the regional Ag and Art tour, Professor Burgin’sLunch and Learns contin- ue to draw large crowds, and a few of us will be leading a travel tour to Native American historical and cultural sites through the Southeast. I look forward to seeing many of you in March! –Stephen Criswell 02 Native American Studies Week 13th Annual Native American Studies Week March 16-21, 2018 Political, Economic, and Civil Rights Movements in Indian Country Friday, March 16, 2018—Lunch and Learn, Robert Greeson, Red Power: Grassroots Activism & American Indian Communities, 12:00pm, Native American Studies Center Saturday, March 17, 2018—Arts and Crafts Festival, 9:00am to 4:00pm, Native American Studies Center Monday, March 19, 2018—Film Screening: The Cherokee Word for Water, 6:00pm, Bundy Auditorium Tuesday, March 20, 2018— “Activism of Native Women” Symposium, sponsored by OceanaGold Haile Operation 2:00pm to 4:00pm, Bundy Auditorium with speakers: Dr. Elizabeth Ellis (Peoria/NYU) In the Wake of Standing Rock: Activism, Academia, and the Fight for American Indian Sovereignty in the 21st Century Dr. Courtney Lewis (Cherokee Nation/USC) The Subversive Act of Indigenous Small Business Ownership Jami Powell, Ph.D. Candidate (Osage/Tufts) An Ethnography of ‘The Field’: Contemporary Art and Critical Interventions Marvel Welch, MSW, CSAC, CCS (EBCI/NC Commission of Indian Affairs), Future in Tomorrow’s (FIT) Tuesday, March 20, 2018 — DeLesslin George-Warren (Catawba) Keynote speaker, Remembering the Past, Healing the Present, and Creating the Future, 5:30pm, Refreshments at 5:00pm, Bundy Au- ditorium Wednesday, March 21, 2018— NASC Gallery Exhibit Openings: “Kahes'vkus Tvm Vehidi: Return of the Pee Dee”, 11:15am; Jessica Clark (Lumbee) and Tom Farris (Otoe/Cherokee), 1:30pm, Native American Studies Center Bundy Auditorium in Bradley Building, Hubbard Drive or USCL Native American Studies Center: 119 South Main St. Lancaster, SC 29720 Events are Free & Open to the Public “Activism of Native Women” Symposium 03 “Activism of Native Women” Symposium Tuesday, March 20, 2018, 2:00pm to 3:45pm in Bundy Auditorium Dr. Elizabeth Ellis (Peoria/NYU) “In the Wake of Standing Rock: Activism, Academia, and the Fight for American Indian Sovereignty In the 21st Century” Dr. Ellis is a citizen of the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma and an Assistant Professor in the History Department at New York University. As a leader of several Philadelphia Standing Rock gatherings in sup- port of the Standing Rock Protectors of North and South Dakota, Ellis has first-hand knowledge about Native activism and how academia engages with the fight for American Indian sovereignty. Jami Powell, Ph.D. Candidate (Osage/Tufts) “An Ethnography of “The Field:” Contemporary Art and Critical Interventions” As a citizen of the Osage Nation of Oklahoma and an anthropologist, Jami’s research on Osage art was ini- tially inspired by her grandmother, Georgeann Gray Robinson, who was a renowned Osage ribbon worker. However, the way Osage ribbon work exemplifies the complex and ongoing colonial entanglements be- tween American Indian nations and settler society fur- ther motivates her continued academic engagement with this topic. 04 “Activism of Native Women” Symposium Dr. Courtney Lewis (Cherokee Nation/USC) “The Subversive Act of Indigenous Small Business Ownership” Dr. Lewis is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation and an Assistant Professor at the University of South Carolina Co- lumbia. Her current work is in economic development for Na- tive nations in the United States and, consequently, issues of sovereignty related to-and based upon the necessity of- economic sustainability and stability. Marvel Welch, MSW, CSAC, CCS (EBCI/NC Commission of Indian Affairs) “Future in Tomorrow’s (FIT)” Marvel Welch is honored and privileged to be a member of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians. She believes that everyone is a leader and “you choose to model leadership in the way you give back to your community.” The love and support of family, friends and community has brought Mar- vel into who she is today. Marvel is the mother of three amazing children and has the honor to be the grandmother of seven wonderful grandchildren. NASW focuses on Social Movements, Activism 05 Native American Studies Week Bauer, event coordinator for this year’s Native American Studies Week, said the idea for 2018 Focuses on Social the theme came from current events: from the Movements, Activism regional activism of the Cherokee’s establish- ment of infrastructure and local economy to By Ashley Lowrimore support their nation to national reports on the Dakota Access Pipeline and Standing Rock water protectors to how the Violence Against Women Act affects Native American women. “Native Americans statistically account for less than one percent of the American popu- Dr. Lewis is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation and an lation, so we really are the one-percenters,” said Assistant Professor at the University of South Carolina Co- Bauer. “And because of this, it’s harder for us to lumbia. Her current work is in economic development for Na- get our voice heard. Our voices are drowned tive nations in the United States and, consequently, issues of out or skewed in a way that we’re still the ene- and based upon the necessity of- my to white America and I think that’s one rea- son why it’s so important to provide education SC Natives Protesting Dakota Access Pipeline at SC on these types of topics.” Statehouse, Fall 2016 Bauer believes that Native political, eco- Social movements in Indian Country are nomic, and civil rights movements are largely nothing new, according to Dr. Brooke Bauer, a hidden topics in many non-Native communities. Catawba scholar and Assistant Professor of His- tory and Native American Studies at USC Lancas- “People, Native and non-Native, fre- ter. quently say that Natives are their own worst en- emy,” she said. “If they would only unite, they “Activism, from my perspective as a his- would have a bigger impact politically and eco- torian, has been taking place since Hernando de nomically. I think that even though these are Soto traveled through the South; it’s just that we smaller movements, this does demonstrate this don’t think about it in that same way,” said Bau- unification; the problem is, the unification lasts er. “They’re actively standing up for themselves. temporarily. But there are connections from th This is activism, it’s just not the 20 century type one movement to another, and unity with each of movement.” movement.” Twentieth century movements did, how- These social movements and more will ever, help lend themselves to the theme of this be further explored in seven programs during everyone is a leader and “you choose to model leadership in th year’s 13 Annual Native American Studies the week. Four programs will be held at the Week, “Political, Economic, and Civil Rights Center, the first one starting Friday, March 16 Movements in Indian Country,” held Friday, with a program by Robert Greeson, Chair of the March 16 through Wednesday, March 21. The American Indian Party of Charlotte. From noon- week features an arts and crafts festival; film 1 p.m., Greeson will present “Red Power: Grass- screening; art exhibit opening; and lectures dis- roots Activism and American Indian Communi- cussing grassroots activism, activism of Native ties” as part of the Center’s monthly Lunch and women in various roles, and presidential policies Learn series.