Catawba & Cherokee American Revolution Symposium

This two-day symposium explores Native American experiences, perspectives and communities during the American Revolution. The program features scholars and presenters for discussions on Catawba and Cherokee diplomacy, conflict, archaeology, movement, communities, women and their roles in the Revolutionary era.

Schedule 

Friday, Sept. 25

• Noon - 1 p.m.: Dr. Joshua Catalano, NASC WBB Lunch & Learn Lecture Series, co-sponsored by LancasterSC250: "Unearthing Fort Rutledge"
• 5 - 7:30 p.m.: Welcome Reception, courtesy of NutraMax
• 6 - 6:30 p.m.: Jonah Trimnal: "Mapping Catawba Movement During the American Revolution"

Saturday, Sept. 26

Register for Saturday's symposium

• 8 - 9 a.m.: Coffee, Breakfast, and Registration
• 8:50 a.m.: Opening Remarks
• 9 - 9:45 a.m.: Dr. Alice Taylor Colbert: "Cherokees in the Revolutionary Era: Diplomacy, Conflict, and Peace"
• 9:45 - 10:30 a.m.: Dr. Robert Carter: "The Catawba Nation During the American Revolution"
• 10:30 - 10:45 a.m.: Break
• 10:45 - 11:30 a.m.: Dr. Brett Riggs: "The Revolution Comes to Cherokee Country"
• • 11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.: Shawn R. Jones & Robert C. L. Holmes: "The Old Indian Trails: Indigenous Landscape Management and Revolution in the Carolina Backcountry"
• 12:15 - 1 p.m.: Lunch
• 1 - 2 p.m.: Dr. Brooke Bauer: "Catawba Women in Revolutionary Conflict: Violence, Disruption, and Resilience"
• 2 - 2:45 p.m.: Dr. Jamie Myers: "A War Woman’s Efforts for Peace during the American Revolution: The Historic Memory of Nanye’hi"
• 2:45 - 3 p.m.: Break
• 3 - 4 p.m.: Dr. R. P. Stephen Davis, Jr.: "Catawba Communities During the American Revolution: An Archaeological Perspective"
• 4 - 4:45 p.m.: Dr. Bryan Rindfleisch: "Tugaloo & Coweta: The Intra-Indigenous Realities of Tsalagi (Cherokee) and Mvskoke (Muscogee-Creek) Life in the Eighteenth-Century"
• 4:45 - 5 p.m.: Closing Remarks

Friday events at the Native American Studies Center are free and open to the public. Saturday events at USC Lancaster's Bradley Building require registration (fees apply).