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W. Brent Burgin Archives: Sumter Tribe of Cheraw Indians

The W. Brent Burgin Archives is home to the Native American Studies Archives and Special Collections and the USC Lancaster Archives.

Sumter Tribe of Cheraw Indians

The Cheraw people, also known as the Saraw or Saura, were a Siouan-speaking tribe  of the Southeastern Woodlands within the Piedmont area of North and South Carolina. Their villages sat along the Catawba River.

Resources

Cheraw and the Turks of Sumter

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