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The Catawba, also known as Issa, Essa or Iswä but most commonly Iswa (Catawba: Ye Iswąˀ 'people of the river'), [3] are a federally recognized tribe of Native Americans, known as the Catawba Indian Nation.[4] Their current lands are in South Carolina, on the Catawba River, near the city of Rock Hill. Their territory once extended into North ...
Tribes shown include the Meherrin and Tuscarora in northeastern North Carolina, the Catawba south of Mecklenburg County, and the Cherokee in the far western part of the state. King Hagler (also spelled Haiglar and Haigler) or Nopkehee (c. 1700–1763) was a chief of the Catawba Native American tribe from 1754 to 1763.
Tagwadihi. Ta'gwadihi[ 1] ("Catawba-killer"), also known as Thomas Glass or simply the Glass, at least in correspondence with American officials, [ 2] was a leading chief of the Cherokee in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, eventually becoming the last principal chief of the Chickamauga (or Lower Cherokee).
The remnants of the tribes combined. The tribe was nearly destroyed before the middle of the 18th century and European encroachment on their old territory. They were last noted as a distinct tribe among the Catawba in 1768. They merged into the Catawba over time, while some descendants joined the Native people living near the Lumber River. [1]
The Catawba Indians will begin construction next week of their $700 million casino in Kings Mountain, creating nearly 2,000 jobs, tribal leaders said Friday. The tribe, based in Rock Hill, S.C ...
Wateree people. The Wateree were a Native American tribe in the interior of the present-day Carolinas. They probably belonged to the Siouan - Catawba language family. First encountered by the Spanish in 1567 in Western North Carolina, they migrated to the southeast and what developed as South Carolina by 1700, where English colonists noted them.
Eno people. On Eno River in North Carolina [1] Possibly Enoree River in South Carolina. [2] The Eno or Enoke, also called Stuckenock, was an American Indian tribe located in North Carolina during the 17th and 18th centuries that was later absorbed into the Catawba tribe in South Carolina along with various other smaller tribal bands. [1]
Catawba is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. [2] Catawba (/ kəˈtɔːbə /) is one of two Eastern Siouan languages of the eastern US, which together with the Western Siouan languages formed the Siouan language family. The last native, fluent speaker of Catawba was Samuel Taylor Blue, who died in 1959 ...