Roy Cooper that the agency has signed off on the agreement; it stated that the pact complies with the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and other provisions of federal law. On April 16, the Catawba Nation received a victory in federal court, as U.S. District Judge James Boasberg found no basis for the Cherokees' claims in the lawsuit. On July 1, a temporary modular facility containing 500 slot machines was opened at the Kings Mountain site. Related Nations Akenatsi Cheraw Moneton Mosopelea Saponi Sewee Tutelo Waccamaw Footnotes See also Catawba in the American Civil War General New River King Hagler King Yanabe Yalangway Further reading Beck, Robin. Chiefdoms, Collapse, and Coalescence in the Early American South. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013. Brown, Douglas S. The Catawba Indians: People of the River, Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1966; reprinted 1983. Christie, John C., Jr. "The Catawba Indian Land Claim: A Giant among Indian Land Claims," American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 1 (2000), pp. 173–182. Drye, Willie. "Excavated Village Unlocks Mystery of Tribe's Economy", National Geographic News, Nov. 14, 2005. Hudson, Charles M. The Catawba Nation, University of Georgia Monograph No. 18 (1970). Merrell, J. H. The Indians' New World: Catawbas and Their Neighbors from European Contact Through the Era of Removal, Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1989. Speck, Frank G. (1913). "Some Catawba Texts and Folk-lore," Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 26, pp. 81–84. and pp. 319–330. Speck, Frank G. (1939). Catawba Religious Beliefs, Mortuary Customs, and Dances by Frank G. Speck, Primitive Man, 12, 2, April, pp. 21–57. Published by: The George Washington University Institute for Ethnographic Research. Speck, Frank G. (1934). Catawba Texts, New York: Columbia University Press, 91 pp. External links Catawba Indian Nation The Catawba Cultural Preservation Project A Brief History of the Catawba Peoples Information on Catawba Looking Back – The Catawba The Catawba Indians: "People of the River", Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History Native American tribes in North Carolina Native American tribes in South Carolina Federally recognized tribes in the United States Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands Siouan peoples Native Americans in the American Revolution