Those reservations named in bold are current federally-recognized reservations, with their associated agency and tribe(s). The following list of reservations has been compiled from the National Atlas of the United States of America, the Omni Gazetteer of the United States of America, and other sources. Sometimes, especially during the later policy of "termination," the official status of reservations was ended altogether. Usually, that means the reservations have been reduced in size. The boundaries of reservations, over time, have changed. And sometimes, if the tribal population and land area required it, an agency may have included sub-agencies. Sometimes, a single agency had jurisdiction over more than one reservation. Their duties included maintaining the peace, making payments to the Native Americans based on the stipulations of the treaties with each tribe, and providing a means of communication between the native population and the federal government. A government representative, usually called an agent (or superintendent) was assigned to each agency. Agencies were established on or near each reservation. FS Library book 970.1 W117i WorldCat Reservations įrom the mid-1800s, the official policy of the United States government toward the American Indian was to confine each tribe to a specific parcel of land called a reservation. Indians of the South Carolina Lowcountry, 1562-1751. Piedmont American Indian Association of South Carolina.Southern Iroquois and United Tribes of South Carolina, Inc.(also known as Cherokee Indian Tribe of South Carolina or ECSIUT).Santee Indian Organization (formerly White Oak Indian Community).The following tribal names have been suggested as having resided in South Carolina, but no documentation for their contact with this state has been identified.Ĭherokee - Iroquaian, Siouan, Muskhogean and Algonquain Cherokee Bear Clan, Chalokolowa-Chickasaw, Sumter Band of Cheraw Other tribes may have also been residents of the area of South Carolina, at least for a short time. And some may simply be variant spellings.Ĭatawba, Cherokee, Chiaha, Chickasaw, Congaree, Creek, Cusabo, Eno, Keyauwee, Natchez, Pedee, Saluda, Santee, Sewee, Shakori, Shawnee, Sissipahaw, Sugaree, Waccamaw, Wateree, Waxhaw, Winyaw, Yamasee, Yuchi Some have become extinct or have been consolidated with other tribes. Swanton in his The Indian Tribes of North America Many of the tribes in this list may have had very limited contact with the area which became South Carolina. Tribes and Bands of South Carolina Ī list of American Indians who have lived in South Carolina has been compiled by John R. 2 South Carolina State Recognized Tribes.
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