Catawba Nation
Mr. Gilbert Blue
Chief Catawba Nation
1480 Hopewell Road
Rock Hill, SC 29706
(803) 324-0677.
http://oneida-nation.org/uset/list/catawba.htm
Perhaps Mr. Blue might have an answer to this question.
Glenn Welker
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P.S. - Here is another lead worth following:
Catawba language tapes
recorded by Dr. Frank Spech
housed at the University of Pennsylvania museum.
Contact:
Sheila Shigley
Hocak Wazijaci Language Program
1-800-492-5745
shigley@macc.wisc.edu
These are the 2 states where there could still be speakers:
Rock Hill, northern South Carolina
Stewart, Utah
In 1975 there were 10 or fewer speakers (Ruhlen) out of population of 500,
according to the Ethnologue Database at:
http://www-ala.doc.ic.ac.uk/~rap/Ethnologue/eth.cgi/USA/CHC
Since this data is over 20 years old, then unfortunately, the story could very
well be true.