1. 11/09/2009copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com; All Rights Reserved. The Catawba Indians By. Sidney Williams and Noe Baltazar

2. 2 11/09/2009copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com; All Rights Reserved. History From the earliest time period the Catawba were also known as Esaw, or Issa. They were classed as distant stock by Gallatin in 1836. The Catawba and the northern tribes were long in a state of warfare.

3. 3 11/09/2009copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com; All Rights Reserved. Where did they live? The Catawba lived at the Catawba River near the North and South border extending west to Broad River. This is the location of where the Catawba lived.

4. 4 11/09/2009copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com; All Rights Reserved. Shelter Their shelter was a round, bark-covered dwelling with a fireplace in the center, and a opening in the roof to release the smoke.

5. 5 11/09/2009copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com; All Rights Reserved. Catawba Language and Foods The Catawba spoke a language called Siouan language. They fished, hunted, and farmed. They ate corn, beans, squash, a variety of fresh water fish, and deer.

6. 6 11/09/2009copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com; All Rights Reserved. Interaction With Colonists The Catawba gained firearms through trade and the Colonists gained an ally.

7. 7 11/09/2009copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com; All Rights Reserved. Peace between the two They never had conflict or war they just helped each other.

8. 8 11/09/2009copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com; All Rights Reserved. Peace Pipes They Catawba made peace pipes, which are ceremonial smoking pipes. They traded these pipes with the Colonist and other nations.

9. 9 11/09/2009copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com; All Rights Reserved. The Columbian Exchange The Columbian Exchange is a very important event for the history of culture. It was the widespread trade of food, plants, animals.

10. 10 11/09/2009copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com; All Rights Reserved. Diseases of the Columbian exchange Diseases such as small pox, syphilis, malaria, yellow fever, measles, and cholera devastated the Catawba Indians.

11. 11 11/09/2009copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com; All Rights Reserved. Maps 1737

12. 12 11/09/2009copyright 2006 www.brainybetty.com; All Rights Reserved. The Catawba Today This is the Catawba Indian Nation today located in Rock Hill.