USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The ancestral lands of the Catawba Nation extend through the Piedmont region of North and South Carolina and into southern Virginia. We have lived on these lands along the Catawba River for thousands of years.

Detailed explanation-2: -Religious Beliefs. In aboriginal times the Catawba were polytheistic, with the emphasis on the maintenance of harmony and balance among the various forces governing the universe. The Indians as a rule rebuffed Christian missionaries until the nineteenth century, when some of the Catawba became Baptists or Methodists.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Catawba, also known as Issa, Essa or Iswä but most commonly Iswa (Catawba: Ye Iswąˀ – “people of the river"), are a federally recognized tribe of Native Americans, known as the Catawba Indian Nation. Their current lands are in South Carolina, on the Catawba River, near the city of Rock Hill.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Catawba River begins on the eastern slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains in McDowell County. It flows east, then south into Lake Wylie on the North Carolina-South Carolina border. Many beau tiful, clear streams in the upper reaches of the basin have received state and national attention for their unspoiled character.

Detailed explanation-5: -It may be derived from the Choctaw katapa, meaning “separated” or “divided.” Other scholars have traced it to a Catawba word meaning “people on the edge (or bank) of a river, ” or “people of the fork.” The Catawba called themselves “Nieye” (people), or “Ye iswa’here” (people of the river).