# Gilbert Blue

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{{short description|Chief of the Catawba Nation}}
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{{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](/source/Rock_Hill%2C_South_Carolina), [South Carolina](/source/South_Carolina), U.S.
| death_cause               = [Mesothelioma](/source/Mesothelioma)
| resting_place             = 
| resting_place_coordinates = 
| spouse                    = Elizabeth Sharpe
| occupation                = [Politician](/source/Politician)
| known_for                 = Federal rerecognition of the Catawba Nation
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| allegiance                = {{flagu|United States}}
| branch                    = [United States Navy](/source/United_States_Navy)
| service_years             = 1951–1960
| rank                      = 
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| battles                   = 
| mawards                   =  
}}
'''Gilbert Blue''' (December 5, 1933 – June 11, 2016) was a [Native American](/source/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States) chief of the [Catawba Nation](/source/Catawba_Nation) in the U.S. state of [South Carolina](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/The_Herald_(Rock_Hill)) |first=Andrew |last=Dys |date=2016-06-11 |accessdate=2016-06-12}}</ref>

==References==
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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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Category:1933 births
Category:2016 deaths
Category:Catawba people
Category:Native American people from South Carolina
Category:Latter Day Saints from South Carolina
Category:Deaths from mesothelioma in the United States
Category:20th-century Native American leaders
Category:21st-century Native American politicians

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