Only this time, what they are battling over isn’t water or captives or trade routes. As accusations fly and politicians take sides, two tribes that warred for centuries find themselves at odds once again. But there is a problem: The land the Catawba have settled upon for their casino-land they assert belonged to their ancestors-is also claimed by the Cherokee. Now South Carolina’s Catawba tribe wants to do the same. In North Carolina, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians found a way to take care of their people: In 1997, they opened a casino on their lands.
