Making An Eel Pot With The Patawomeck Indian Tribe | Sights & Sounds

This film introduces D. Brad Hatch (White Oak), Reagan Andersen (White Oak), and David Onks IV (White Oak), who received a Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship in 2022-2023.
Four years ago, Brad was the only member of the Patawomeck Indian Tribe who knew how to make an eel pot from start to finish. Determined to change this, he began to pursue opportunities to share his knowledge of the tradition with the Tribe’s younger generations. Now, through the Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program, he’s ensuring the craft lives on through fellow Patawomeck Tribe members David Onks IV and Reagan Andersen.
To Brad, the eel pot functions as a symbol of Patawomeck Indians’ persistence in their environment. “It is something that brought us through hard times,” he said. “It is also something we were able to carry from our ancestors right on up until today. Not only has the eel pot provided food, but it maintains our culture. It sustains us in a spiritual sense. We resisted colonialism with it.”
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Credits:
Filmed by Denis Levkovich
Edited by Nina Wilder with Katy Clune
Produced by the Virginia Folklife Program of Virginia Humanities with support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Virginia Commission for the Arts with additional support from the J & E Berkley Foundation. Directed by Katy Clune and Pat Jarrett.
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[@LMJett]

'Proud of my Tribal cousins here, working hard to keep our Virginia Patawomeck Indian Tribal traditions alive!🙏♥

[@adr1ana1000]

😮 I dont see nothing native here .