About
CCPP
The
mission of the Catawba Cultural
Preservation Project is to protect,
preserve, promote and maintain
the rich cultural heritage of
the Catawba Indian Nation. Organized
and run by the Catawba, they employ
Non-Catawba specialists in different
departments within the Cultural
Center.
The Catawba Cultural Preservation
Project (CCPP) was formed in 1989
by a group of Catawba tribal members
who were concerned about the direction
of the Catawba culture. Prior
to 1988, there was no official
entity that took care of the Catawba
heritage, although there were
always groups of tribal members
that would encourage sharing and
proliferating different aspects
of tribal and family histories,
skills and crafts. The history
of the CCPP is intricately linked
to the history of the Catawba
Indian Nation in that it is currently
housed in the building that used
to serve as the elementary school
on the reservation.
The 97-by-38-foot building was
built by the State of South Carolina
and the Bureau of Indian Affairs
in 1949. Catawba Nation children
and adopted children aged 6 to
10 years old attended this two-classroom
school house on 1980 Reservation
Road. It functioned as the Reservation
school for first through four-graders
from 1949 until 1966. Besides
the two classrooms, the school
had a large room for lunch, recess
and assemblies, and a kitchen
- both often used for church and
community functions after hours
and on weekends.
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2004 Claudia Y. Heinemann-Priest
& Catawba Cultural Preservation
Project.
Eedited for the web and updated
by J.R. Rice
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