Native American Studies Quarterly
Winter Edition 2020Volume 10 Issue 4Native AmericanStudies QuarterlyContentsCo-Director's Column .2-3Virtual NAS WeekWrap-up .3-7Pine Hill Indian CommunityDevelopment Initiative .7-10Plans for Native AmericanStudies Degree .10-13A Facebook Look.13-14Center Adds NewStudent Worker, Intern,Gallery Assistant .15-17Recent Events .18W. Brent BurginLunch & LearnLecture Series 2021 .19Center's Information .20Follow The Center on Social Media!News and Photo Editor:Christopher JudgeDesign and Production Editor:Elisabeth StreeterFeature Writer and Copy Editor:Ashley Lowrimore
2Co-Director's ColumnFall 2020 has been a busy time for Native American Studies faculty and staff, albeit in alternative virtualformats. In August, we took our monthly W. Brent Burgin Lunch and Learn Lecture Series to a virtualformat and will continue offering these via Zoom each month for the near future. And we moved ourannual Native American Studies Week to November, and, at least for this year, online (see below).Perhaps most exciting has been the launch of three online exhibits that bring the galleries of our Centerto a wider audience while our doors are locked shut. Professor Brittany Taylor-Driggers led this effort;be on the lookout for more virtual exhibits in the future from the Center.On Oct. 12, we held a virtual Press Conference and PanelDiscussion on Columbus Day Controversies. Our CoDirector Brooke Bauer was the keynote. She was joined onthe panel by Chief Michelle Wise Mitchum of the Pine HillTribe, Chief Buster Hatcher of the Waccamaw Indian Peopleand Professor Adam Biggs of USCL. Unexpected outcomesemerged during the post panel discussion between thepanelists and our engaged audience. Two committeeswere formed and are currently meeting. The first is acommittee led by Waccamaw Vice Chief Cheryl SieversParticipants from the Columbus Day Controversy Cail and Professor Sarah Rich of Coastal Carolina Universitypanel discussion. Photo courtesy of the USCLto address changes to existing social studies curriculumResearch Club.standards in K-12 schools in South Carolina. The secondcommittee, led by Marcy Hayden of the Pee Dee Indian Tribe, targets the establishment of a SouthCarolina Indigenous Peoples Day to be held annually on Oct. 12.Finally, we have ramped up our social media via the efforts of our PublicRelations Coordinator Ashley Lowrimore. Since Spring Break 2020, wehave introduced the popular weekly “What Do YOU think?” column onFacebook, where we post a photo and ask folks to answer a questioneach Tuesday, and the weekly archaeology postings on Thursdays (inlieu of our weekly Volunteer Archaeology Lab). Our social media alsohighlighted in last Spring, each of the 13 state-recognized tribal entitiesin South Carolina. Our social media postings have also ramped up as wePublic Relations Coordinator Ashleyconnect our patrons with national, regional, and local Native AmericanLowrimore works on a post for thenews, events, online exhibits, and programs. In addition, we haveCenter’s social media pages.
Co-Director's Column / Virtual NAS Week Wrap-upexpanded the scope of our “Native AmericanStudies Quarterly” newsletter to engage, educate,and inform but most importantly to retain you,our NASC patrons.- Dr.Brooke Bauer & Dr.Stephen Criswell,Co-Directors of Native American StudiesVirtual NAS Week Wrap-upBy Ashley LowrimoreWith the global pandemic postponing NativeAmerican Studies Week in March, the week wentvirtual in November with a lecture discussingtrickster figures, storytelling, artist talks and moreas part of the theme, “Native American Humor,Satire, and Parody.”Catawba artist and guest storyteller Beckee Garris appearedon day one of Native American Studies Week, telling storiesas part of the “Tricksters” lecture with Co-Director of NativeAmerican Studies Dr. Stephen Criswell. Garris began theprogram with a story about how chipmunk got his stripes.Photo by Ashley Lowrimore.Kicking off the week’s events was the “Tricksters”storytelling and lecture, presented by Co-Directorof Native American Studies Dr. Stephen Criswelland guest storyteller Beckee Garris (Catawba).Garris began the program, telling the tales of firstwoman and how chipmunk got his stripes.During his program, Criswell spoke about thetrickster figures that are prominent in NativeAmerican culture, such as Raven from tales of thePacific Northwest, the flute-playing Kokopelli fromthe American Southwest, Iktomi the Spider fromLakota tales, Nanabush from Midwestern tales,Heyoka from some Southwest tribal tales, andmore.Criswell also spoke about trickster figures fromreligion and popular culture who “fall outside ofthe binaries of the way society traditionally seesthe world,” such as Bugs Bunny, Br’er Rabbit,Krishna (from the Hindu tradition), and Anansi theSpider (from African folktales).Co-Director of Native American Studies Dr. StephenCriswell discusses one trickster figure, Heyoka, as partof his talk that kicked off Native American Studies Week.Photo by Chris Judge.The second program of the week was presentedby Savannah College of Art and Design Professorand artist Chris Olszewski (Chippewa), whodiscussed his interactive performance art blendinghis half-Polish, half-Native American heritagetraveling in Polish-built cars from his hometown inDetroit, touring and researching sites significantto Native American history. Olszewski calls hiswork “a connection with the Native Americanexperience.”“No Active Warrants,” a talk by artist Chris Olszewski(Chippewa), was held on the second day of NativeAmerican Studies Week. Olszewski showed designs fromhis sketchbooks, car wheel covers art, and interactive“performance art” canvas car covers. Photo by Chris Judge.3
4Virtual NAS Week Wrap-upFeeling that there was a larger calling for himas an artist 12 years ago, Olszewski, who has abackground in painting, was encouraged by afriend to go for a grant and pursue his dream oftraveling the open road. He received a 7,000grant and purchased a 1992 Jeep Cherokee for hisjourney, making the connection between the landof the Cherokee Nation and one of the last carsbuilt in Detroit. Olszewski drove along the Trail ofTears in his first trip to Oklahoma, starting in theCherokee Nation's former eastern capital in NewEchota, Ga., and ending in Tahlequah, Okla.Olszewski discussed his creative practices increating car wheel cover designs, sketchbookartwork, and canvas automobile covers. Thecovers serve as an interactive mobile artstudio, with repurposed material from LamarAdvertising’s billboards creating what he calls a“soft monument,” or a mobile message board thatcan be moved or changed out for another cover.Savannah College of Art and Design Professor Chris Olszewskidiscussed his work with interactive car coverings and wheelcovers, as well as his sketchbook art during his NativeAmerican Studies Week presentation. Photo by Chris Judge.In his most recent, pre-COVID travels, Olszewskihas driven a 1998 Cadillac DeVille around theUnited States and Canada, having the publicinteract with the canvas covers. Olszewski callsthe DeVille a Mobile Spiritual Renewal Centerand once created a caution tape medicinewheel where participants could write prayers orpositive thoughts, collecting messages for futureexhibition.Though COVID-19 has put a stop to Olszewski’sroad trips for the moment, he says he’s had moretime to get in the studio and create. Some of theworks the artist has created during this time ofquarantine can be seen on his website.For the third and fourth days of programs, theCenter was pleased to welcome back artistTom Farris (Otoe-Missouria-Cherokee), whoparticipated in Native American Studies Week2018. Joining from Oklahoma, Farris firstpresented “Humor and Activism: an artist Talkwith Tom Farris,” where he discussed his workstaking established icons from Native Americanculture and combining that with humor and popculture. Farris said that humor often openedproverbial doors for Non-Native audiencesto become more receptive to hearing issuesaffecting Native Americans.Presenting two programs during Native American StudiesWeek, Otoe-Missouria-Cherokee artist Tom Farris firstpresented an artist talk, discussing some of his recentpaintings and the stories behind them. Photo by Chris Judge.Raised by parents he called “passionate artcollectors” of Native artwork, Farris says he neversaw himself getting into the art world. A curatorand gallery manager/ owner for 20 years currentlyworking in the Chickasaw Nation, Farris says thathe is influenced by comic books, 1980s pop art,and the works of artists Roy Lichtenstein, AndyWarhol, and Patrick Nagel.One of the paintings Farris spoke about wasentitled, “If Ya’ Don’t Know, Now Ya’ Know,”
Virtual NAS Week Wrap-upincorporating graffiti-style references and hip-hoplyrics with the Cherokee syllabary. Farris said it’snot uncommon to see the Cherokee languageused in his creations and that in some cases, he’sintroducing the language to an audience that maynot know that it exists.Farris’ painting, “If Ya’ Don’t Know, Now Ya’ Know,”incorporates graffiti-style references and hip-hop lyrics withthe Cherokee syllabary. Photo by Ashley Lowrimore.Farris also discussed his work with larger 3Dpieces and pop culture themes with “a Nativetwist”: feathered fans made with light saberhandles, a “Here’s Johnny!” war club with a tie-into “The Shining” film, and painting that imaginesif a ledger artist happened to document themoment that a DeLorean suddenly appearedamong a group of Native American horsebackriders.For his second program, Farris led an interactivepainting session fueled by audience participation.Inspired by a question from the previous day’stalk about how Native American voter turnout inArizona and Wisconsin may have influenced thisyear’s election, Farris began with a sketch basedon a news item about how Navajo Nation votersrode horseback to polling places on ElectionDay. While he painted the piece, entitled “HereWe Come to Save the Day,” Farris explained hisprocess of using ledger paper and satire in hispaintings.Farris said that his works are “concept-based,but funny,” designed to spark conversations withhis audience. Though Farris hasn’t been able tointeract face-to-face with audiences at in-personmarkets for some time now, he says he has hadtime to create some very personal pieces withoutany pressure to produce work under deadlines.Viewers can see more of Farris’ work at hiswebsite.Take a look at the newonline exhibit, “Humor,Parody, and Satire: TheArtwork of Tom Farris andChris Olszewski, featuringwork from our NativeAmerican Studies Week2020 guest artists! Clickhere to view this incredibleexhibit of contemporaryart!If you are interestedin supporting the workof Native American Studiesat USCL, please considera financial donation to theSamantha Criswell MemorialFund or the NASC Endowment.We thank you for your support!5
Virtual NAS Week Wrap-up6Closing out the week on Friday was DeLesslinGeorge-Warren, a citizen of and consultant forCatawba Nation, with the presentation “Closingthe Circle: Repairing Catawba Foodways.” Whilethe talk may not have focused on the themeof humor or satire, the topic underscored animportant issue this Native American HeritageMonth: food sovereignty.Artist Tom Farris shares his desktop, showing his photoinspiration for the sketch he drew in advance of hissecond presentation during NAS Week, where he held aninteractive painting session with audience participation.Photo by Chris Judge.Farris shows viewers theledger paper that he uses ascanvas for his paintings.Farris filled in his ledgerpaper with a sketchbefore he began hispainting session.Farris finishes detailson his art during theinteractive paintingsession.Farris shows paintinghe completed duringthe interactivepainting session.Photos by Chris Judge.Catawba Nation citizen and consultant DeLesslin GeorgeWarren discussed his work with Catawba Corn (pictured)as part of his food and seed sovereignty work during thelast program held as part of Native American Studies Week,“Closing the Circle: Repairing Catawba Foodways.” Photo byChris Judge.George-Warren discussed how in attempts topreserve lands, early conservationists pushedfor removing people from lands, including theIndigenous peoples who inhabited those lands.In reality, George-Warren says that the landsthat conservationists wanted to preserve wereso bountiful because of Native American tribalmanagement practices, such as controlled fireburns.In thinking how society can move toward a moreproductive ecosystem, George-Warren discussedtwo plants in relation to the idea of abundance:Schweinitz's Sunflower, a sunflower with edibletubers commonly found by Carolina roadsidesthat is now the only sunflower classified as anendangered plant species; and Catawba Corn, atraditional variety “lost” between the 1970s and1990s that has now been reacquired by CatawbaNation with the help of UofSC professor Dr. DavidShields, who specializes in revitalizing heritagefood varieties.
Virtual NAS Week Wrap-up/ Pine Hill Indian Community Development InitiativeGeorge-Warren also discussed his passion forseed sovereignty, having helped develop a seedlibrary open only to the tribal community.Also held during the week was a meeting withtribal leaders from across the state, includingleaders from the Waccamaw Indian People,Santee Indian Organization, Edisto Natchez-Kusso,Pine Hill Indian Tribe, Eastern Cherokee, SouthernIroquois, and United Tribes of South Carolina.George-Warren discussed Schweinitz's Sunflower, asunflower that is now the only sunflower to be classified asan endangered plant species. Photo by Chris Judge.Miss some of the events? Don’t worry! Eventshave been posted to the Center’s YouTubechannel.Planning is already underway for Native AmericanStudies Week 2021, when the theme will bringtogether Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts,and Math in a focus on the STEAM curriculum.Look for more great programming coming yourway next fall!Special thanks to OceanaGold/ Haile Operationfor their generous support of the 15th AnnualNative American Studies Week!Pine Hill Indian CommunityDevelopment InitiativeBy Ashley LowrimoreThe Pine Hill Indian Community Development Initiative, ledby Chief Michelle Mitchum (center, dressed in orange) of thePine Hill Indian Tribe, began a food distribution earlier thisyear. Photo courtesy of Chief Michelle Mitchum.While COVID-19 has stopped many in-personinteractions, it has also innovated manycommunity leaders to devise new ways in which tosafely serve their communities.The Pine Hill Indian Community DevelopmentInitiative (PHICDI), led by Chief Michelle Mitchumof the Pine Hill Indian Tribe, is one such groupwhose need to help its community not onlystemmed from the pandemic, but also from anatural disaster.“COVID-19 was announced as a pandemic onMarch 13, but on April 13, a tornado rippedthrough our tribal community and killed twopeople,” said Chief Mitchum. “The next day,we were out doing whatever we could to helppeople.”7
8Pine Hill Indian Community Development InitiativeMitchum says the PHICDI began with 650 to hostone food distribution event, setting up under apop-up tent on Highway 4 with permission fromthe Pine Hill Fire Department. The need grewand the organization filed grants with No KidHungry and NDN Collective and received both,allowing them to boost their program to a totalof 22 food distributions over the summer. PHICDIalso partnered with Senn Brothers Produce, whohad received a grant from Farmers to Families,enabling them to expand their project.tribes who were trying to start food distributionsthat she could connect with. Calls starting come infrom tribal leaders around the state.Mitchum says they served 10,010 meals thissummer, serving 164 meals per hour.Not anticipating the number of people that theevent would draw, Mitchum says that pick-uplines sometimes stretched three to three-and-ahalf miles long. There were no requirements toparticipate in the distribution program.“If they needed food, they could come get it,” saidMitchum. “Considering we had just had a tornado,I thought it was silly to have requirements. I saidthat if we didn’t have to have them, then I wasn’tgoing to.”The Pee Dee Indian Tribe, the Piedmont American IndianAssociation - Lower Eastern Cherokee Nation S.C., andthe Santee Indian Organization were just a few tribalcommunities involved in this summer’s food distribution.Photo courtesy of Chief Michelle Mitchum.“We had started with 650 to do one fooddistribution and ended up going 22 weeks servingseven tribal communities in the state.”Some of the communities served include the PeeDee Indian Tribe, the Piedmont American IndianAssociation - Lower Eastern Cherokee Nation S.C.,and the Santee Indian Organization, to name afew.Helpers with the Pine Hill Indian Community DevelopmentInitiative sort through eggs and produce. The grouphosted 22 weeks of food distributions over the summer,serving around seven tribal communities in the state.Photo courtesy of Chief Michelle Mitchum.PHICDI was able to support other tribalcommunities with food distribution, manycommunities coming from all corners of thestate to pick up boxes from Orangeburg County.Mitchum called the South Carolina Commissionfor Minority Affairs, asking if there were any otherWhen PAIA Vice Chief Dexter Sharp was asked bythe Commission of Minority Affairs Office if hehad heard about the program, he connected withChief Mitchum to let her know that he’d like to getinvolved with the program. For three weekendsthis summer, he and nephew Mark Williams wouldget up early and drive to Orangeburg County fromBlair, S.C., located halfway between Newberry andWinnsboro, and help unload about 800 boxes offood from a tractor trailer. After the unloading
Pine Hill Indian Community Development Initiativewas finished, Sharp would collect around 100boxes each week to distribute to PAIA citizens. Heestimates he delivered up to 360 boxes around thestate.With tribal citizens located in 21 counties roundthe state, the two would then spend the rest ofthe day driving and delivering boxes in Columbia,Irmo, Blair, Walhalla, and in Gray Court, the PAIA’stribal grounds in Laurens County. He estimatesthat they traveled more than a few hundred miles,with an hour-and-a-half to two-hour travel timesor more to most towns.“When the day was done, you felt really goodabout yourself,” said Sharp. “There were long daysof travel, but you felt really good about it and yourealized you helped a lot of people.”Through its outreach, the PHICDI was not onlyable to provide its members with food, but alsoPPE and face coverings, cookbooks, books for kids,and information on several topics like healthynutrition, the Commission for Minority Affairs,a “veggie club” for kids, COVID-19 protectionguidelines, SNAP benefits, voter registration, andCensus resources.“We’re extremely pleased with the whole summerprogram, but the disappointing part was thatit had to stop,” said Mitchum. “This is a criticaltime for that. Even more so now because ofCOVID. We’re seeing new spikes. It’s almostwinter and people are struggling enough tryingto pay electricity in summer, so heating will be anissue. People have lost jobs and where are theysupposed to live in an area that does not have thatmany rental homes to begin with?”In their community outreach, PHICDI has createdpartnerships with SC DHEC, FoodShare SC, andmore. Mitchum also credits the Commission forMinority Affairs office for providing them with thesupport needed to continue their programs.“Minority Affairs was really helpful in getting usin touch with the right people to get the rightinformation,” said Mitchum. “As the saying goes,they showed up and showed out. When therubber hit the road, Minority Affairs really threw alot of support towards this area
work “a connection with the Native American experience.” Co-Director's Column / Virtual NAS Week Wrap-up 3 Catawba artist and guest storyteller Beckee Garris appeared on day one of Native American Studies Week, telling stories as part of the “Tricksters” lecture with Co-Director of Native American Studies Dr. Stephen Criswell.
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