The Catawba's use of pottery skills would create interactions with other Indigenous groups in various ways, but primarily in a culturally significant manner (option b). Here's how:
Culturally: Pottery is not just a practical craft but also a form of artistic expression that reflects cultural identity. The Catawba's unique pottery styles and techniques could lead to cultural exchanges with neighboring tribes. These exchanges might include sharing pottery techniques, decorative styles, or even the meanings and uses of specific pottery forms in rituals or daily life. Such interactions could foster relationships, trade, and mutual influences in art and cultural practices.
While interactions could also occur geographically (through trade routes), politically (alliances formed based on shared resources), or linguistically (through loanwords related to pottery in language), the strongest and most direct interaction would likely fall under cultural exchanges centered around their pottery skills.