32 acres of land restored to Catawba Nation

LANCASTER, S.C. – The Catawba Nation’s Office of Tribal Government says it has plans for several acres of ancestral land in South Carolina recently given back to them. On Thursday, the office announced it had reacquired more than 32 acres of land after the state of South Carolina gave it back to the tribe. The current plan is to apply to have the land taken into trust by the federal government, while also preserving it and working with archaeologists to study the site.

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