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The American Indian in North Carolina. Winston-Salem: John F. Blair, 1957. Ross, Thomas E. American Indians in North Carolina: Geographic Interpretations, Southern Pines: Karo Hollow Press, 1999. ISBN 978-1-891026-01-0. Sider, Gerald M. Living Indian Histories: Lumbee and Tuscarora People in North Carolina. Chapel Hill: University of North ...
Pembroke, North Carolina, is the headquarters of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and members mainly live in Robeson County, as well as Hoke, Cumberland, and Scotland counties in south-central North Carolina. [1] The tribal headquarters, known as the Turtle, was built in Pembroke in 2009. [22] Individual tribal members live across the United ...
The Coharie Intra-tribal Council, Inc. is a state-recognized tribe in North Carolina. [3] The headquarters are in Clinton, North Carolina. [5]Formerly known as the Coharie Indian People, Inc. [7] and the Coharie Tribe of North Carolina, the group's 2,700 members primarily live in Sampson and Harnett counties.
American Indian reservations in North Carolina (1 P) T. Tuscarora (3 C, 11 P) Pages in category "Native American tribes in North Carolina"
The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions of North Carolina whose names are derived from Native American languages. Listings [ edit ]
The name Coharie was adopted by the Coharie Intra-tribal Council, Inc., a state-recognized tribe in North Carolina. The tribe claims "descent from certain tribes of Indians originally inhabiting the coastal regions of North Carolina." [4] In 1910, residents of Herrings Township along the Coharie creeks identified as being of Croatan descent. [5]
Anoka - A Dakota Indian word meaning "on both sides." Arapahoe; Hyannis - Named after Hyannis, Massachusetts, which was named after Iyannough, a sachem of the Cummaquid tribe. [51] Iowa; Kenesaw; Leshara - Named after Chief Petalesharo. Mankato - Mankota is from the Dakota Indian word Maḳaṭo, meaning "blue earth".
The name Haliwa is a portmanteau from the two counties: Halifax and Warren. [5] In 1979 the tribe added Saponi to their name to reflect their descent from the historical Saponi peoples, part of the large Siouan languages family, who were formerly located in the Piedmont of present-day Virginia and the Carolinas.