The Native American Studies Archive actively seeks to continually add new material. Contemporary scholarship alongside new finds in recently digitized materials continue to increase our growing knowledge and understanding of Native American History in South Carolina and the Southeastern United States. Journal articles, clippings, photographs, ephemera, tribal correspondence and newsletters comprise this collection.
To see a listing of some of our collections for each tribe or group, please see our Native American Entities Reference Files.
Today, the Catawba are the only federally recognized tribe in the state.
State recognized tribes include, Beaver Creek Indians, Edisto Natchez-Kusso Tribe of SC, Pee Dee Indian Nation of Upper SC, Pee Dee Indian Tribe, Piedmont American Indian Association, Santee Indian Organization, Sumter Tribe of Cheraw Indians, Waccamaw Indian People, and Wassamaw Tribe of Varnertown Indians,
State recognized Native American groups are Chaloklowa Chickasaw Indian People; Eastern Cherokee, Southern Iroquois and United Tribes of SC; Natchez Tribe of SC; and Pee Dee Indian Nation of Beaver Creek. Pine Hill Indian Community Development Initiative is a special interest organization within S.C.