2006 Intern

Project Title: Empowering Youth to Health; Honoring our Elders: Health Screening for Homebound Elders; Oral Histories: Hearing from Waccamaw-Siouan elders

Medical Resident

Wroclaw Medical University, Poland

We have been based in Prospect, Robeson county and worked with the Waccamaw-Siouan and Tuscarora tribes. Our work has involved helping out at youth camps for both tribes, working with local doctors and alternative medicine professionals and meeting Waccamaw Siouan elders in their homes to gather oral histories.

People in the community have been incredibly welcoming, friendly and open.They have invited us into their homes, told us stories and cooked us traditional food. Being from a different culture and a country far away this experience has been a cultural exchange for us.

We are really grateful for everything we have learnt about local history, culture and
traditions.

- Malgorzata, Guri, Therese