Archaeologist will discuss foodways of the Catawba Indian Nation at program on June 8 at Polk Memorial

CHARLOTTE - The Historical Cooking Guild of the Catawba Valley will welcome Sandra Reinhardt, staff archaeologist of the Catawba Cultural Preservation Project in Rock Hill, on Thursday, June 8, at 10 a.m.

Reinhardt will make a presentation on the foodways of the Catawba Indian Nation, compare Native American and European agricultural practices, and discuss the role of wild plants in the Catawba diet.

This program is free and open to the public. It will take place in the Visitor Center at the James K. Polk Memorial. The program will be followed by a covered dish lunch. Visitors are invited to bring a dish to share.

The James K. Polk Memorial is located south of Pineville, N.C., off exit 65-B, I-485, at 308 South Polk St. For additional directions, call 704-8897145. Check out the website at: www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us /sections/hs/polk/polk.htm.

The Historical Cooking Guild of the Catawba Valley is a group whose purpose is to practice and teach the art of open hearth cooking. The group researches and prepares dishes using recipes from America's colonial period to 1840, focusing particularly on the backcountry

0 region of North Carolina. Anyone interested is welcome to join the organization which meets at 9 a.m. on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at the James K. Polk Memorial.

For more information, contact Carolyn Dilda at 704-5968834.