North Carolina Indians

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North Carolina Indians

• 4.06 Describe the traditional and contemporary
  cultural characteristics of North Carolina
  tribes.

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Language Families
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Tribes of North Carolina

• Pre Colonist

• Today

• Catawba (ka-ta-ba)
• Cherokee
• Creek
• Croatan
• Tuscarora
• Tutelo/Saponi
• Cheraw, Chicora, Waccamaw

• Coharie
• Haliwa-Saponi
• Lumbee
• Meherrin
• Occaneechi Band of Saponi Nation
• Waccamaw Siouan
• Eastern Band of Cherokee
• Sappony

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History

• At least 12,000 years ago Indians were living in
  N.C.
• By the mid-1800s, European settlements had spread
  across the Central Piedmont.
• Small tribes fled before the invasion and most
  joined kinsmen in eastern and southern North
  Carolina, southern Virginia or South Carolina.

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Statistics

• North Carolina is home to the largest Native
  population in the eastern of Miss. River
• 2000 U.S. Census, North Carolinas American
  Indian population totals more than 100,000,
• Approximately 80 of the American Indian
  population resides in 11 counties Columbus,
  Cumberland, Guilford, Halifax, Hoke, Jackson,
  Mecklenburg, Robeson, Scotland, Swain and Wake.
• Approximately 47 of the American Indian
  population in North Carolina lives in Robeson
  County, accounting for 38 of that countys total
  population.

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Native Americans in North Carolina

• Facts you should know
• Lumbee tribe has the largest AI population E. of
  Mississippi River
• Cherokee tribe is found in NC and OK. In NC the
  Cherokee people are referred to as the Eastern
  Band of Cherokee, in OK they are referred to as
  the Western Band of Cherokee
• Haliwa-Saponi means The red earth people
• Waccamaw Siouan means The fallen star people
• Mrs. Woodell is Lumbee and a Member of Alpha PI
  Omega Sorority (The First Native American
  Sorority in the Nation) We represent 6 of the
  North Carolina Tribes and more..

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