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Guide to '''{{PAGENAME}} ancestry, family history and genealogy:''' birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records. | |||
[[Image:Catawba potter, they were well known for their pottery in the Carolinas..jpg|thumb|Catawba potter. Catawba Indians were well known for their pottery in the Carolinas.]] | |||
===Tribal Headquarters=== | |||
'''Catawba Indian Nation'''<br>996 Avenue of the Nations<br>Rock Hill, SC 29730<br>Phone: 803-366-4792<br>[https://www.catawba.com/index.php Website]<br> | |||
===History=== | |||
'''Culture Area:''' Southern Piedmont | |||
'''Linguistic Family:''' Eastern Siouan | |||
'''Traditional Economy:''' agriculture, hunting, gathering | |||
'''Established''': 1793, 1841 | |||
'''Population''': 1969: enrollment 700 [[American Indian Enrollment Records|Tribal enrollment]] 156 1980: 728 <ref>Indian Reservations A State and Federal Handbook. Compiled by The Confederation of American Indians, New York, N.Y. McFarland and Co. Inc., Jefferson, North Carolina, c. 1986. FS Library book 970.1 In2 page 249</ref><br>The Catawba Indian Nation/Catawba Tribe of [[Indians of South Carolina|South Carolina]] is the only Federally recognized tribe in South Carolina. | |||
The Catawba Nation is primarily associated with the state of South Carolina<ref>Indian Entities Recognized and Eligible To Receive Services From the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, Federal Register, Vol. 67, No. 134, 12 July 2002 [http://www.thepeoplespaths.net/lists/FederallyRecognized2002.pdf Available online]</ref>. | |||
The Historical Marker database has pictures and inscriptions of the [http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.hmdb.org/Photos/87/Photo87078.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp%3Fmarker%3D24825&usg=__4GuqrwV5anrh6hXCmPIbYMjZMUU=&h=400&w=269&sz=34&hl=en&start=1&sig2=k8q0v7tVI61WEUJO8mjRPw&zoom=1&itbs=1&tbnid=Rvj0fyNFz8ZfBM:&tbnh=124&tbnw=83&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dpictures%2BCatawba%2Bindians%26tbnid%3DRvj0fyNFz8ZfBM:%26tbnh%3D0%26tbnw%3D0%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26rlz%3D1T4SKPB_enUS350US353%26ndsp%3D20%26imgtype%3Di_similar%26biw%3D1003%26bih%3D537%26tbm%3Disch&ei=VZPBTc3EOIrJgQfZ6Yj4BQ Catawba Indian Memorial] in Fort Mill, York County, South Carolina. | |||
Many of the Catawba tribal members living on the Reservation are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) | |||
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====Brief Timeline==== | |||
'''1715:''' The Catawba tribe participated in the Yamasee War | |||
'''1738: '''Smallpox raged in South Carolina and many Catawba died. | |||
'''1754-1763:''' The Catawba aided the Colonist in the French and Indian War | |||
'''1759: '''Smallpox killed close to 50% of the tribe | |||
'''1763: '''A reservation was established by treaty with the British: 15 miles square on both sides of the Catawba river, within the present York and Lancaster counties, South Carolina | |||
'''1763-1787:''' The Catawba aided the Colonist in the Revolutionary War | |||
'''1826: '''The reservation was leased to non-Indians | |||
'''1840:''' Many tribal members move to [[Indians of North Carolina|North Carolina]] and joined the [[Cherokee Indians|Cherokee]] | |||
'''1841: '''The Catawba tribe sold all but one square mile of their reservation. The tribal headquarters is located there today. | |||
'''1850: '''Catawba tribal members return to South Carolina, the state sold them over 600 acres. | |||
'''1944:''' South Carolina Legislature passed an act providing that "All Catawba Indians, otherwise qualified, are hereby declared to be citizens of the State of South Carolina, and shall enjoy and have all the rights and privileges belong other citizens". | |||
'''1962:''' Catawba of South Carolina Terminated, Tribal membership 631- Tribal land (Acres) 3,388 | |||
'''1973:''' The Catawba tribe reorganized | |||
'''1993:''' The Catawba receive federal recognition | |||
====Reservations==== | |||
====Additional References to the History of the Tribe==== | |||
Black, James M. The Catawba Indians of South Carolina: Life of Chief Samuel Blue. {{FSC|42994|item|disp=FS Library Fiche 6018853}} | |||
Blumer, Thomas J. ''Bibliography of the Catawba.'' Native American Bibliography Series, No. 10. The Scarecrow Press, Inc. Netuchen, N.J. London 1987 ISBN 0-8108-1986-4 {{FSC|636711|item|disp= FS Library Book 970.3 C281bt}} | |||
Blumer, Thomas J. Catawba Nation: Treasures in History. Charleston, SC : The History Press, C 2007. {{FSC|1404152|item|disp=FS Library Book 970.3 C281btj}} | |||
Brown, Douglas Summers. Catawba Indians, The People of the River. Columbia, SC., University of South Carolina. {{FSC|596858|item|disp=FS Library Book 970.3 C281b}} | |||
Hudson, Charles M. The Catawba Nation. Athens, University of Georgia Press, 1970. {{FSC|162829|item|disp=FS Library Book: 970.3 C281h}} | |||
Martin, Judy Canty. My Father's People : A Complete Genealogy of the Catawba Nation. {{FSC|1143266|item|disp=FS Library Book 970.3 C281mjc}} | |||
Merrell, James H. The Indians' New World : Catawabas and Their Neighbors from European Contact Through the Era of Removal. Chapel Hill NC : university of North Carolina Press, c1989. {{FSC|547716|item|disp=FS Library Book 970.3 C281m}} | |||
Watson, Ian. Catawba Indian Genealogy. Geneseo, NY : Geneseo Foundation. {{FSC|659464|item|disp=FS Library Book 970.3 C281w}} | |||
Frederick Webb Hodge, in his Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, gave a more complete [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/c/catawba_indian_tribe_history.htm history of the Catawba Nation], with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods. Additional details are given in John Swanton's [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/northcarolina/index.htm#Catawba The Indian Tribes of North America] and in the [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/nations/catawba.htm Biography and history of the Indians of North America from its first discovery] by Samuel G. Drake. | |||
===Records=== | |||
The '''majority of records of individuals were those created by the agencies'''. Some records may be available to tribal members through the tribal headquarters.They were (and are) the local office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and were charged with maintaining records of the activities of those under their responsibility. Among these records are:<br> | |||
*[[American Indian Allotment Records|Allotment records]] | |||
*[[American Indian Annuity Rolls|Annuity rolls]] | |||
*[[American Indian Census Rolls|Census records]] | |||
*[[American Indian Correspondence and Reports|Correspondence]] | |||
*[[American Indian Health Records|Health records]] | |||
*[[American Indian Correspondence and Reports|Reports]] | |||
*[[American Indian School Records|School census and records]] | |||
*[[American Indian Vital Records Supplements in Census Rolls|Vital records]] | |||
A Census of Catawba Indians residing in South Carolina and Haywood County, North Carolina was taken in 1849: | |||
*''Catawba Indian Records: The Second Census of the Catawba Indians and Other Miscellaneous Records''. MSS. {{FSC|136655|item|disp=FS Library|Book:970.3 C281c}} | |||
===== Land Records ===== | |||
*Land Records: Total area of = 3,388 acres | |||
'''Repositories''' | |||
Thomas J. Blumer Catawba Archives ( Thomas J. Blumer - Catawba Tribal Historian 1979-1993) | |||
Medford Library | |||
University of South Carolina | |||
Lancaster, South Carolina | |||
Phone: 1-803-313-7063 | |||
Email: usclancaster.sc.edu | |||
===Important Websites=== | |||
*Constitution and By-Laws of the [http://thorpe.ou.edu/IRA/sccatcons.html Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina], approved 1944. | |||
*Official website of the [http://www.catawbaindiannation.com Catawba Indian Nation of South Carolina]. | |||
*Catawba Tribe [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catawba_(tribe) Wikipedia] | |||
===For Further Reading=== | |||
See [[American Indian For Further Reading|'''For Further Reading''']]. | |||
===References=== | |||
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{{Native American nav}} | |||
[[Category:Indigenous Tribes of the United States]] | |||
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