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Catawba, Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Siouan branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). They have for centuries occupied a region in South Carolina around the Catawba River; they are noted for their ancient traditional pottery, which they still produce. Once a large and powerful group, they waged incessant but unsuccessful war against the Cherokee and tribes of the Ohio River valley. Fighting and European-introduced smallpox reduced them to a small group in the 18th cent. In 1962 the Catawbas' relationship with the federal government was terminated; in 1993, however, tribal status was restored and their reservation enlarged. Tribal headquarters are at Rock Hill, S.C. In 1990 there were close to 1,000 Catawba in the United States. The last speaker of Catawba died in 1996.
See D. S. Brown, The Catawba Indians (1966); C. M. Hudson, The Catawba Nation (1970).
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Catawba, river, N.C. and S.C.: see Wateree.
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Catawba may refer to several things:
- Catawba (tribe), a Native American tribe
- Catawban languages
Botany
- Catalpa, a genus of trees, based on the name used by the Catawba and other Native American tribes
- Catawba (grape), a variety of grape
- Catawba rhododendron (Rhododendron catawbiense)
Places in the United States
- Catawba, Ohio
- Catawba Island Township, Ottawa County, Ohio
- Catawba Island State Park, part of Lake Erie Islands State Park, Ohio
- Catawba, North Carolina
- Catawba, Virginia
- Catawba, Wisconsin
- Catawba (town), Wisconsin
- Catawba River
- Catawba County
Other
- USS Catawba, the name of a few United States Navy ships
- Catawba College in North Carolina
- Catawba Nuclear Generating Station near Rock Hill, South Carolina
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