Bertha George Harris

Bertha George Harris (29 ga Yuni, 1913 - 14 ga Oktoba, 2014) ta kasance mai koyar da al'adu a Catawba kuma kwararriyar mai tukwane . Harris ita ce mace mafi tsufa a cikin ƙabilar Catawba a lokacin mutuwarta a watan Oktoba na 2014. 

Catawba tana da kimanin mutane 2,800, waɗanda a yanzu haka suke zaune a Gundumar York, South Carolina, da kuma yankin da ke kewaye da ita.  

 Rayuwar farko da iyali 
An haifi Harris Bertha George a ranar 29 ga Yuni, 1913, a Lancaster County, South Carolina, ga Moroni James George da Hattie Milling George. [1] Ta zauna a maƙwabtan Gundumar Catawba da Gundumomin York tsawon mafi yawan rayuwarta. Mazaunin Rock Hill, South Carolina, ya girma ne a ƙarƙashin wariyar launin fata a Kudancin Amurka, inda ake ɗaukar Catawba da sauran ƙabilun 'Yan Asalin Amurka a matsayin marasa galihu fiye da fararen fata. [2]

Ta yi aure da George Furman Harris na tsawon shekaru 75, har zuwa rasuwarsa a shekarar 2006 yana da shekaru 95.   Ma'auratan suna da 'ya'ya bakwai. 

 Aikin fasaha 
Harris ta ƙirƙiri tukwane na Catawba kuma an ɗauke ta a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin ƙwararrun masu tukwane na Catawba.   Tukwane na Catawba an yi shi ne da yumbun kogi, wanda aka siffanta shi ba tare da amfani da ƙafafun tukwane ba.  Harris ta ƙware a tukwane da aka gina da na'urar Catawba da yumbun kogi wanda ta girbe kuma ta sarrafa shi da hannu. 

 Mutuwa da gado 
Bertha George Harris ta rasu a ranar 14 ga Oktoba, 2014, tana da shekaru 101, a matsayinta na mamba mafi tsufa a Catawba.  An yi jana'izarta a Cocin Yesu Kiristi na Waliyyai na Ƙarshe a kan wurin ajiyar ƙasar Indiya ta Catawba.  Gilbert Blue, tsohon Shugaban Catawba daga 1977 zuwa 2007, an rene shi tare da 'ya'yan Harris.  Ya yaba wa Harris yana gaya wa wani ɗan jarida, "Na yi magana da ita game da matsayinta na mafi tsufa sau da yawa, kuma ta ɗauka cewa hakan yana da mahimmanci... Bertha Harris ta fahimci ma'anar matsayinta na mafi tsufa, kuma ba wai kawai ya sa ta ji wani abu mai kyau da mahimmanci ba, ya sa mu duka mu ji daɗi."  Babban ɗan Catawba Bill Harris, ɗan uwanta, shi ma ya yi mata godiya, yana mai cewa, "Daga cikin mutanen Catawba, daga cikin mutanen da suka kasance a nan a wannan yanki tsawon waɗannan ƙarnoni, ita ce mafi tsufa a cikinmu... Wannan ra'ayi ne mai ban mamaki - cewa mutum shine mafi tsufa a cikinmu duka a duk duniya. Wannan koyaushe yana da girma a gare ta da mu duka, har ma da tsarki."  A cewar membobin Catawba, ta ɗauki abin alfahari ne a matsayin dattijo mafi tsufa a raye. 

Ta bar 'ya'yanta biyar daga cikin bakwai: 'ya'ya mata uku da maza biyu.

Frances Wade, wacce take da shekaru 92 a watan Oktoban 2014, ta zama dattijon Catawba mafi tsufa bayan mutuwar Harris. 

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 2014
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1913