11/09/2009copyright All Rights Reserved. Sugeree April Bright & Kirkland Bass

2 11/09/2009copyright All Rights Reserved. About the Tribe The Sugaree Indians made their homes on the banks of Little Sugar Creek - using its water for drinking, cooking and bathing Charlo

3 11/09/2009copyright All Rights Reserved. More about the Tribe Charlotte, NC, 11/21/01 - More than two centuries ago, the Sugaree Indians made their homes on the banks of Little Sugar Creek - using its water for drinking, cooking and bathing

4 11/09/2009copyright All Rights Reserved. History Sugeree is a small tribe, supposed to have been Siouan, that lived near the Waxhaw in Mecklenburg County, N.C., and York County, South Carolina. They occupied a fertile district and, according to Lawson (Hist. Car. 76, 1860) inhabited many towns and settlements. They were doubtless greatly reduced by the Yamasee war of 1715 and later merged in the Catawba.Catawba

5 11/09/2009copyright All Rights Reserved. Weapons  Spears  Bow and Arrows  Air Heads and Rocks

6 11/09/2009copyright All Rights Reserved. Sugaw or Sugaree The confusion over the spelling and pronunciation of the name of this well-known Mecklenburg County creek is due to the difficulty of translating the sound of an unwritten Indian word into written English. This creek undoubtedly takes its name from the Sugeree Indians (John Lawson's spelling) or Sugaree Indians (Douglas L. Rights' spelling). The name was pronounced Sugaw or Soogaw, according to William Henry Foote. The predominant version in records of the Presbyterian Church, Colonial Records of North Carolina, and in old deeds is "Sugar," although such variations as "Suger," Shugar," "Sugercreek," and "Suga," have been found in various records.

7 11/09/2009copyright All Rights Reserved. Early History At the time of the first European contact, North Carolina was inhabited by a number of native tribes sharing some cultural traits, but also distinguished by regional and linguistic variations. Three major language families were represented in North Carolina: Iroquoian, Siouan, and Algonquian. The Iroquoian tribes--the Cherokee, Tuscarora, Meherrin, Coree, and Neuse River (which may have been Iroquoian or Algonquian)--were related linguistically and culturally to the Iroquois tribes to the north. The Cherokee were located in the mountains on the western boundaries of the state and the Tuscarora, Meherrin, Coree, and Neuse River were located in the coastal plains. Located primarily in the piedmont area, or central portion, of the state were the Siouan tribes: the Cape Fear, Catawba, Cheraw, Eno, Keyauwee, Occaneechi, Saponi, Shakori, Sissipahaw, Sugaree, Tutelo, Waccamaw, Wateree, Waxhaw, and Woccon. The Algonquian-speaking tribes represented the southernmost extension of predominantly Northeastern Woodlands tribes and were located entirely in the tidewater area of the state. These were the Bear River, Chowan, Hatteras, Nachapunga, Moratok, Pamlico, Secotan, and Weapomeoc

8 11/09/2009copyright All Rights Reserved. Food fish deer Rabbit other animals

9 11/09/2009copyright All Rights Reserved. Language.. Native-American: Touch an "F" hand to your cheek, then touch your head higher up and back. Think of an Indian headdress.

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11 11/09/2009copyright All Rights Reserved. Drugs that the Sugaree People Did Cocaine Weed Peace pipe

12 11/09/2009copyright All Rights Reserved. Religion The history of American religions is dominated by the presence of Christianity brought to the New World by European settlers. Columbus's discovery in 1492 marked the beginning of a massive "white" invasion that would consume the entire continent of North America over the next four centuries. Although Christianity manifested itself in countless denominations, it was, nevertheless, the umbrella under which most Europeans in America gathered. It served as common ground on which white settlers could stand together in the struggle for survival in the wilderness of the New World. Whatever differences there were between denominations were insignificant when compared to the differences between the white European Christianity and their counterparts on the continent, the resident Native Americans. This fact, along with the desire and need for land, turned Native Americans into a convenient enemy for most groups of European settlers.

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14 11/09/2009copyright All Rights Reserved. Famous Native Americans