January 2022 Open Meeting Summary
Tribal Open Meeting Summary 1/14/2022 held via Zoom
CM’s Marion, Susan, Glenn, Marie, and CoC Dalton present. VC Cheryl, 2C Alan, 2C John, and Chief Hatcher present.
December 2021 Meeting Summary
Susan motioned to accept; Marie seconded
Marion-yes, Susan-yes, Glenn-yes, Marie-yes, Dalton-yes
Financial Report (as of 1/14/2022 at 4:15 pm)
General Fund: $12,746.09
Building Fund: $3795.30
Cemetery Fund: $1848.96
New Business
Committee Reports
Arts & Crafts
Chief: I’d like to see Arts & Crafts committee create rank feathers
Pauwau: Michelle
Michelle nominated as Chairperson
Need a seventh voting member
Budget work underway
Program Book should be complete
Buildings & Grounds: Glenn
Pipe is out there to do sewer
Need to find a day to work with CM Chris on it
Susan: since funding for the pipe was removed from the general fund, would like to reimburse it
Files
Met 12/18 and divvied up ID numbers into sections of 40
Call those 40 to get correct contact information and get people up-to-date on membership fees
Marie: I volunteer to send certified letters to those with bad phone numbers/ email addresses
Newsletter
Debra J: setting up procedures, but want to do something else and let Carolyn, Betty, and Dona do it since they’ve done this type of work before
CoC Dalton: I propose setting up a committee for the first year
Think something was lost in translation; it doesn’t need Council’s approval to go out
Debra J: I was never given procedures
CoC Dalton: the committee would be you, Carolyn, Betty, Dona, and others
VC Cheryl: I wouldn’t mind helping out
Debra J: Slack would work
Debra J: didn’t know if Council had to approve it
CoC Dalton: it doesn’t need approval; only need to get the labels from the Filekeeper
Chief Hatcher: I think Council should approve it first
VC Cheryl: to keep it timely, have a committee point-of-contact with Council
Chief Hatcher: Council can appoint a liaison/ representative
Glenn: thought it was set to go out at Solstice/ equinox dates
CoC Dalton: technically quarterly
Glenn motioned to set up a newsletter committee; Marie seconded
Marion: needs to go out Feb, May, Aug, Nov (ahead of solstice)
CoC Dalton: the solstice/ equinox dates are on the website calendar under upcoming events; just go to the month you’re looking for
VC Cheryl (to CoC Dalton): will you be setting up processes for them?
CoC Dalton: no, the committee will work that out
Marion-yes, Susan-yes, Glenn-yes, Marie-yes, Dalton-yes
Conservation Easement at Little River Neck
Olivia: in 2019, I wanted to see if we were interested in using the land at Little River Neck
Make it a place we could do ceremonies at
VC Cheryl: I took some pictures while we were out there
Olivia: it will probably become a state park
It was land Waccamaw did use; located between Cherry Grove and Bird Island
VC Cheryl: it could benefit the tribe if we took people there to do different events
Similar to School Day, not necessarily a Vision Quest
Chief Hatcher: obviously the land wouldn’t belong to the Waccamaw; trying to figure out our relationship
Examples: open to all public, open to Native Americans
Who gives access?
Olivia: fine with it being open to NC/ SC tribes
Cultural easement could let the tribes own it
Chief Hatcher: what would you require of us?
Olivia: what would you use it for?
Explore it to see if it’s something you want to use
Chief Hatcher: we wouldn’t be able to call the shots on it unless a cultural easement was placed on it beforehand
Next step?
Olivia: come out to see if it’s something that will work for you
Chief Hatcher: we’ll have to get the state involved to help with purchase
Dr. Dillian: we’ve been excavating since 2010 on that property near the entrance to the causeway that demonstrates Waccamaw ancestry going back easily 5000 years
Chief Hatcher: do you think us signing off on this with CCU could help influence DNR?
Dr. Dillian: I’m not sure, but will ask
Chief Hatcher: I think Indians in the state would benefit more than the tribe itself if DNR signed off on it being used for a vision quest
VC Cheryl: some of the conservation moves today are to restore it to its natural habitat
Example:trees were replaced with Loblolly Pines
Restoring could mean healing
Museum Exhibit: Dr. Dillian
Getting wonderful press and feedback about the exhibit
Plan was for it be up for 1 year, but the museum has no immediate plan to take it down
It has been nominated for 2 awards; will keep you posted
We are able to present it to Chicago and SC conferences
The goal is we can teach people what we did through collaboration
Chief Hatcher: back in 2005, there were no official Indians in SC
Now people know who we are and we are grateful to CCU
Vice Chief Cheryl:
Glad that Dr. Dillian, Olivia are here and thankful for the work Debbie has done
Will send Slack invite to the Newsletter channel
Will also create a Membership channel to keep people informed
Chief Hatcher
Thank to everyone who puts their heart and soul into this tribe
Let’s make a concerted effort to clean up internal issues before federal recognition
Susan
2/26 Boone Hall Fire Healing Ceremony at 12pm-4pm
Looking for 10 Native vendors, but they want people to pay for insurance and have 2 licenses
People with a tribal ID can get in free
Glenn
Kevin purchased a CD to help the drum out
Marion
Is Family Day still 2/19?
Chief Hatcher: yes
I ask that Carolyn M, Betty L, and Dona be given full membership applications; Marie seconded
Marion-yes, Susan-yes, Glenn-yes, Marie-yes, Dalton-yes
Susan motioned to close the meeting; Marie seconded.
Meeting adjourned at 9:30 pm.
Respectfully submitted by Michelle Hatcher on 1/26/2022 at 2:06 pm