About the Catawba Nation | Let's Go!

The Catawba Indian Nation is the only federally recognized reservation in the state of South Carolina. The Catawba people have lived in the Piedmont region for over six thousand years, and today occupy about three thousand acres in Rock Hill, S.C.

Video produced by Sarah Pritchard, 2019 ETV Endowment Intern (Digital Media/Knowitall)

Standards

• 4.1.CO Compare the interactions among cultural groups as a result of European colonization.
• 4.1.CX Contextualize the experience of Africans, Europeans, and Native Americans in South Carolina.
• 4.1.CE Identify the effects of changing economic systems on the diverse populations in British North America.
• 8.1.CO Compare the three British North American colonial regions economically, politically, socially, and in regard to labor development.
• This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into how the three British colonial regions developed in terms of their culture, economies, geography, and labor. The indicator was also developed to encourage inquiry into the unique story of the development of South Carolina.
• 8.1.CC Analyze the changes and continuities of the Native Americans' experiences prior to and as a result of settlement and colonization.
• This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into Native American civilizations and cultures prior to European contact and their interactions with Europeans during the period of settlement and colonization, including their efforts to preserve their cultures.