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We are honored to host Chief Harold D. Hatcher, a statewide and nationally recognized and awarded leader in Native American Equality, along with three other prominent members of the Waccamaw People. Chief Hatcher will open an informative lecture as he shares about the many Native Tribes of South Carolina and their history. Vice Chief Cheryl Cail will examine the Dimery Settlement in Horry County and its importance to the Waccamaw People’s history and its identity today. Councilmember Susan Hayes-Hatcher will focus on herbal medicine and the plants used to make them years ago. We’ll close with Tribal Judge Ronnie Floyd, a traps and snares expert, who will do an outdoor demonstration of historical hunting practices.
About the Speakers:
Chief Harold “Buster” Hatcher
Cheryl Cail is the Acting Chief of the Waccamaw Indian People and Chairperson of SC Idle No More, a committee under the SC Indian Affairs Commission focused on advocacy, environmental protection, cultural preservation, and indigenous sovereignty. Cheryl also serves as a board member for the Waccamaw Community Foundation, on the leadership team for the National PFAS Contamination Coalition, as a grassroots organizer for Clean Water South Carolina, and as Co-Chair for the Indigenize SC Education Task Force.
Susan Hayes Hatcher after serving her 20 years, she retired from Shaw AFB at the rank of Staff Sergeant