Lunch & Learn: Attending Feasts, Attending Fish

Feasts were a key part of Native American life in Woodland period (200 CE – 1600 CE) Tidewater Virginia and North Carolina. In this talk, Dr. Taylor Callaway, Visiting Lecturer in Anthropology, Wake Forest University, will discuss the historical relationships between Tidewater Algonquian and Iroquoian-speaking peoples and their fish kin, particularly through the lens of cuisine. Working with the archaeological traces of past meals and the philosophies of contemporary Native thinkers, Callaway argues that attending feasts in the Woodland Tidewater also entailed attending to fish. Attendees are welcome to bring your own bag lunch, drinks and dessert will be provided. Admission is free.