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Catawba Indian Nation · catawba indian nation · Catawba Nation · yeh is-WAH h’reh · CatawbaCatawba Indian Nation
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- Official name
- Catawba Indian Nation
- Recorded status
- Listed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (91 FR 4102, January 30, 2026)
- Website
- https://www.catawba.com/
- Region
- South Carolina
In the record
The atlas records 1 broken treaty promise involving Catawba Indian Nation: Catawba: South Carolina's 1840 Nation Ford treaty, never approved by the United States.
This nation carries the history of Catawba in the treaty record.
Written from the records linked here; open any of them for its sources. This is what the United States’ treaty record says, not the nation’s own account.
Names
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Self-names
- yeh is-WAH h’rehCatawba
Official names
Names in treaties and records
Recognition, as each source states it
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Who is doing the work
Native legal and land defense, nationally
- Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Native-led Litigation and legal advocacy for tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, land and resources Give on their site Website
- NDN Collective (LANDBACK Campaign) Native-led LANDBACK campaign (launched 2020; Mount Rushmore closure and return of Black Hills public lands), Indigenous… Give on their site Website
- Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) Native-led Land recovery and control by tribes and individual Indian landowners Website
- Decolonizing Wealth Project (Indigenous Earth Fund; California Tribal Land Return) Native-led Reparative philanthropy Give on their site Website
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Connections
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Carries the treaty history of 1
Named in 1
Sources
- catawba.com/about-the-nationunclassified
The tribal people called themselves yeh is-WAH h’reh, meaning “people of the river.”
- doa.nc.gov/divisions/american-indian-affairsreference work
At the Commission of Indian Affairs Meeting on June 6, the Catawba Nation officially became a state-recognized tribe in North Carolina.
- northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/catawba-indians/unclassified
the Catawba Nation is the only federally recognized tribe to reside in South Carolina.
- advance.sc.gov/community-resources/native-american-affairs/sc-recognized-tribesreference work
Federally Recognized Tribe ... Catawba Nation
- federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2026/01/30/2026-01899.htmlprimary record
Catawba Indian Nation
- Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible To Receive Services From the BIA, 91 FR 4102 (Jan. 30, 2026)primary record
Listed in 91 FR 4102 (Jan. 30, 2026).
Research notes
Name as printed in V057.
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