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

Tribes of North Carolina 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 Pre ColonistToday

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.

Statistics North Carolina is home to the largest Native population in the eastern of Miss. River 2000 U.S. Census, North Carolina’s 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 county’s total population.

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…..