Catawba Nation

Tega Cay has a deer problem: There are around 1,000 of the four-legged critters in this small city. City officials have contracted out the culling and sterilization of these deer for the past two years. But one city’s deer problem has become another community’s food solution.

The sound of drums and dancing will fill the Catawba reservation, east of Rock Hill, this Saturday as the Native American tribe hosts its annual Yap Ye Iswa. It’s a festival celebrating Catawba art and culture with songs and dances that date back thousands of years.

A new federal law now affirms the operation of a casino in North Carolina by the South Carolina-based Catawba Indian Nation, ending a yearslong dispute between the Catawba Nation and the Eastern Band of Cherokee, which operates a casino in the westernmost part of the state.

The South Carolina-based Catawba Indian Nation has opened a preliminary, temporary version of its proposed casino just across the border in North Carolina.

A federal judge on Friday rejected a legal challenge by the operator of North Carolina's two casinos, saying that the tribe had no grounds to oppose a competitor's plans for a third gambling operation in the state.

The federal government has approved a revenue-sharing agreement between the Catawba Indian Nation and the state of North Carolina that clears the way for a casino near the state’s southern border.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has signed a revenue-sharing agreement with the Catawba Indian Nation that clears the way for Las Vegas-style gaming at a planned resort in Kings Mountain. Federal approval is still needed for the type of gambling envisioned, but the South Carolina-based tribe says the agreement means construction can start on a site about half an hour west of Charlotte.

The Cherokee and Catawba tribes are fighting over the Catawbas' plans to build a $270 million casino in Kings Mountain.

The Catawba Indian Nation plans to break ground Wednesday morning for a proposed casino and resort off Interstate 85 in Kings Mountain. Local officials…

About 450 years ago, Spanish soldiers on an expedition from Florida took over the native Catawba town of Joara, about 60 miles east of Asheville. Fort San…