Catawba

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Indigenous people of the United States Native American people

The Catawba are a Native American people of the Southeastern United States, historically known for their involvement in colonial-era conflicts and their distinctive Siouan language and pottery traditions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of the United States ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
colonialAlliances British America ⓘ
surface form: British colonies
continent North America ⓘ
culturalPractice clan system ⓘ
communal villages ⓘ
currentReservationLocation York County, South Carolina ⓘ
near Rock Hill, South Carolina ⓘ
demography population severely reduced by disease after European contact ⓘ
economicActivity arts and crafts ⓘ
gaming enterprises ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
ethnonym Catawba Indian Nation ⓘ
historicalTerritory North Carolina ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ
involvedIn French and Indian War (as part of British America) ⓘ
surface form: French and Indian War

Yamasee War ⓘ
colonial-era wars in the Southeast ⓘ
knownFor distinctive ceramic traditions ⓘ
involvement in colonial-era conflicts ⓘ
pottery ⓘ
languageFamily Siouan languages ⓘ
languageRevitalization documentation projects ⓘ
language classes ⓘ
languageStatus endangered ⓘ
linguisticBranch Siouan languages ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Siouan
materialCulture dugout canoes ⓘ
river cane baskets ⓘ
nativeLanguage Catawba language ⓘ
potteryCharacteristics hand-coiled pottery ⓘ
pit-fired pottery ⓘ
unglazed pottery ⓘ
use of local clay ⓘ
primaryState South Carolina ⓘ
recognizedAs federally recognized tribe in the United States ⓘ
state-recognized tribe in South Carolina ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional Catawba beliefs ⓘ
sovereignStatus tribal government ⓘ
traditionalCrops beans ⓘ
maize ⓘ
squash ⓘ
traditionalRegion Carolinas ⓘ
Piedmont region ⓘ
Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: Southeastern United States
traditionalSubsistence agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
treatyHistory multiple treaties with the British Crown ⓘ
treaties with the United States government ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Queen Anne's War → belligerent → Catawba ⓘ
Augusta AVA → grapeVariety → Catawba ⓘ
Yamasee War → mainBelligerent → Catawba ⓘ