LibGuides: W. Brent Burgin Archives: Pee Dee

Resources

Hiding in Plain Sight by Claude Chavis; Gene Crediford (Photographer); David Locklear (Illustrator)
Call Number: E 99 .P35 C43 2012
This is the story of the Pee Dee Indians of the Carolinas from their prehistoric arrival in the Americas to the present. This is a story tied to the Pee Dee River and the land surrounding it. This is a story of a people who for decades were invisible to mainstream Americans, hiding in plain sight.

Native Americans in the Carolina Borderlands: A Critical Ethnography by Michael Spivey
Call Number: E 99 .P35 S65 2000
Time before History: The Archaeology of North Carolina by H. Trawick Ward
Call Number: E 78 .N74 W37 1999
A comprehensive account of the archaeology of North Carolina. Weaving together information from archaeological excavations and surveys carried out across the state--including sites of the Pee Dee Indians.
Settlements of the Pee Dee Culture by Billy Oliver, UNC
The work presents a revised chronology for the Pee Dee Culture that ranges from AD. 950 to A.D. 1600 and identifies three distinctive cultural phases.

Community Conservation

A cultural resource investigation of the Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge, Anson and Richmond Counties, North Carolina
Call Number: E 78 .N74 G24 1979

Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge Comprehensive Conservation Plan by the US Fish and Wildlife Service
Wildlife Management Plans are guides for implementing habitat improvement practices to conserve native wildlife and their habitats.

Pee Dee

Pee Dee in the Crediford Collection

Karen Montoya

Head of the Pee Dee tribal dancers. Pee Dee Indians. Late 20th Century. Photo by Gene Crediford.

Joe S. "Stump Hunt"

Leader of the Pee Dee Indian Association of Dillon, SC. Stump has been a construction worker, contractor, and owner of a convenience store. C. 1984. Photo by Gene Crediford.

Pee Dee Indian Dancers

Performance in a school gymnasium in McCall, South Carolina, C. 2012. Photo by Gene Crediford.

Pee Dee Powwow

Lorraine Locklear, wife of Chief David Locklear of the Pee Dee Indian Association of Marlboro County, SC. Mrs. Locklear was originally a Lumbee from Robeson County, NC.

Pee Dee Indian Tribe

Joe "Stump" Hunt and his wife, Flonnie, with their extended family. C. 1991. Photo by Gene Crediford.

Pee Dee Powwow

An unidentified law enforcement officer at the 1985 Pee Dee Powwow. Photo by Gene Crediford.

Pee Dee Chapel Baptist Church

Indian boy reading to himself at Sunday School. C. 1984. Photo by Gene Crediford.

Town Creek Indian Mound

Town Creek Indian Mound by Joffre Lanning Coe
Call Number: E 78 .N74 C64 1995
The temple mound and mortuary at Town Creek, in Montgomery County, is one of the few surviving earthen mounds built by prehistoric Native Americans in North Carolina. It has been recognized as an important archaeological site for almost sixty years and, as a state historic site, has become a popular destination for the public.

Community and Ritual Within the Mississippian Center at Town Creek

The Archaeology of Town Creek by Edmond A. Boudreaux
A compelling argument has been made that mounds were the seats and symbols of political power within Mississippian societies. While platform mounds have been a part of Southeastern Native American communities since at least 100 B.C., around A.D. 400 leaders in some communities began to place their houses on top of earthen mounds—an act that has been interpreted as an attempt to legitimize personal authority by a community leader through the appropriation of a powerful, traditional, community-oriented symbol.