Waccamaw Siouan Indians

[foreign language] My name is Kayla.

My people are the Grams of Bolton, North Carolina, the Waccamaw Siouan people.

I'm a mother to four children and a local teaching artist throughout the Triangle, and I go to elementary schools and community events to present North Carolina's Native American culture to our young scholars.

Because imagine living in a land of your ancest- in the land of your ancestors and being surrounded by people who don't know you exist and can't name a tribe outside of the Cherokee tribe.

My goal for this program is for young geniuses to know the names of our people the same way they know, they know the pledge of allegiance in a fun and very interactive way.

My cr- my program also presents the importance of indigenous sovereignty and Black, of indigenous sovereignty and Black liberation being hand, going hand in hand.

So they will know the, the name of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee tribe, as well as the Lumbee, Tuscarora, Waccamaw Siouan, Coharie, Haliwa-Saponi, Saponi, Occaneechi Band of the Saponi, and the Meherrin tribes.

Supporting cultural artists like me help us keep doing the work that we're doing, expanding the minds of our young scholars.