{{short description|Chief of the Catawba Nation}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Gilbert Blue | image = Gilbert Blue.png | office = Chief of the Catawba Nation | term_start = 1973 | term_end = 2007 | predecessor = Albert Sanders | successor = Buck George (acting) | birth_date = {{birth date|1933|12|05}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|2016|06|11|1933|12|05}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/heraldonline/name/gilbert-blue-obituary?pid=180307334 |title=Gilbert Blue Obituary (2016) |publisher=The Herald |date=June 13, 2016 |access-date=January 4, 2022}}</ref> | death_place = Rock Hill, South Carolina, U.S. | death_cause = Mesothelioma | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | spouse = Elizabeth Sharpe | occupation = Politician | known_for = Federal rerecognition of the Catawba Nation <!--Military service--> | allegiance = {{flagu|United States}} | branch = United States Navy | service_years = 1951–1960 | rank = | unit = | battles = | mawards = }} '''Gilbert Blue''' (December 5, 1933 – June 11, 2016) was a Native American chief of the Catawba Nation in the U.S. state of South Carolina from 1973 until 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://catawbaarchives.libraries.wsu.edu/system/files/atoms/file/Catawba_Chief_Booklet.pdf |title=Catawba Chiefs 1700's–Present |date=2017 |publisher=Catawba Cultural Center Archives |access-date=January 4, 2022 |archive-date=January 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104200605/http://catawbaarchives.libraries.wsu.edu/system/files/atoms/file/Catawba_Chief_Booklet.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was a grandson of chief Samuel Taylor Blue. Blue was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/blue-gilbert/|title=Blue, Gilbert - South Carolina Encyclopedia|work=South Carolina Encyclopedia|access-date=2018-01-25|language=en-US}}</ref> During his time as chief, the Catawba received federal recognition.
== Personal life == Blue died on June 11, 2016, of mesothelioma.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldonline.com/news/local/article83257257.html |title=Former Catawba Indian Chief Gilbert Blue, who 'saved' tribe, dies following illness |publisher=The Herald |first=Andrew |last=Dys |date=2016-06-11 |accessdate=2016-06-12}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://wfae.org/post/tangled-backstory-catawba-nations-north-carolina-casino-quest article on Catawba's quest for a casino] *[https://www.indianz.com/News/2008/007186.asp Indianz interview with Blue]
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