Who Are the Catawba Indians?
Catawba Indians, also known as the Issa meaning river, are part of a federally recognized Native American tribe related to the Siouan peoples and reside primarily in South and North Carolina and Oklahoma. There are more than 2,500 Catawba Indians in the United States and the tribe’s reservation is located in Rock Hill, S.C., near Charlotte, N.C. The epicenter of the reservation is its cultural center where visitors can tour a series of exhibits about Catawba culture including a traditional bark house and dugout canoe. The Catawba people are known for their pottery and agricultural practices and historically maintained an amiable relationship with European settlers and later with Americans.
Catawba Indians, also known as the Issa meaning river, are part of a federally recognized Native American tribe related to the Siouan peoples and reside primarily in South and North Carolina and Oklahoma. There are more than 2,500 Catawba Indians in the United States and the tribe’s reservation is located in Rock Hill, S.C., near Charlotte, N.C. The epicenter of the reservation is its cultural center where visitors can tour a series of exhibits about Catawba culture including a traditional bark house and dugout canoe. The Catawba people are known for their pottery and agricultural practices and historically maintained an amiable relationship with European settlers and later with Americans. The early history of the Catawba Indians is clouded but it is known that by 1567 the tribe had settled the area around the Catawba River along the border of what are today North and South Carolina. The tribe sustained itself by hunting, fishing and growing crops. Although the Catawba Indians establis
