The Catawba Digital Economic Zone (CDEZ)
- The CDEZ is a sovereign regulatory zone, established and backed by the Catawba Indian Nation.
- The CDEZ moves at the speed of innovation.
Founders and developers that incorporate legal entities in the CDEZ can rest assured that they will have a clear regulatory and legal framework created for digital assets and emerging technologies that adapts based on their needs. - No need for archaic paperwork and in-person documentation.
A Catawba Nation project
The Catawba Digital Economic Zone was Created at the Heart of Catawba Corporations, the Nation’s Business Arm.
- The CDEZ is majority owned by a Section entity a federally-charterd corporation (17) in charge of economic growth and economic diversification of the Catawla Nation’s workforce and its brand. Catawba Corporations is fueled by the Nation’s core values, rich culture and heritage.
- Catawba Corporations works focuses mostly on government contracting and services. As a Section 17, it has several benefits, including access to 90% guaranteed loans from the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
- Catawba Corporation also gets faster procurement cycles with decreased costs, direct award contracting with the federal government through the Sole Source Program, which comes with approval for procurements <$100M.
Zone Governance
The Zone is regulated by a Zone Authority, like other Special Economic Zones across the world. The Zone Authority is the regulatory body of the Catawba Digital Economic Zone and ensures it operates in accordance with Catawba Nation’s Laws and standards for business.
The Zone Authority establishes administrative procedures for the efficient management of the Zone. Our laws safeguard companies and consumers equally. Our regulations are fine-tuned to conduct business responsibly.
The creation of the CDEZ (previously called Green Earth Zone) was approved on February 19th by the Catawba General Council, the Nation’s legislative body, with the passing of the legislation and resolution giving birth to the Zone. Read the full press release here.
Our Logo:
Our logo is inspired on a pottery of Chief Nopkehee, who was chief of the Catawba from 1754 to 1763. Chief Nopkehee had a reputation as peacekeeper with other tribes and colonists. Chief Nopkehee is also known by several other names and other spellings, such as Chief Haigler, Haiglar, Nopkehe, Arataswa and Oroloswa. Hagler’s anglicized name is possibly a nickname derived from his tendency to bargain or “haggle” over political decisions, although there is no conclusive evidence to support this.
The Catawba People
The Catawba Indian Nation is the only federally recognized tribe of South Carolina.
The Catawba Indian Nation is the only federally recognized tribe of South Carolina. It has lived on its ancestral lands for at least 6000 years.
The Catawba are renowned for its pottery and most live in York County, close to the thriving city of Rock Hill, a town in Charlotte (NC)’s metropolitan area.
The Catawba people, known as “lves yeh is-WAH h’reh” means “people of the river.” The Catawba live on the banks of the Catawba river in the Carolinas.
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