THE WACCAMAW INDIANS ARE OF THE SIOUAN FAMILY. THEY ARE A STATE RECOGNIZED TRIBE. THEIR ANCIENT HOMES WERE ALONG THE WACCAMAW RIVER FROM NORTH CAROLINA TO GEORGETOWN, SOUTH CAROLINA. THEY RECEIVED AMMUNITION FROM THE CHERAU, WHO TRIED TO ENLIST THEM TO SUPPORT THE YEMMASEE AND OTHER TRIBES IN 17 15.
THEY RECEIVED 20 ACRES OF THEIR ANCESTRAL HOMELAND IN 2004. THEIR TRIBAL GROUNDS WILL HOUSE OFFICES AND CEREMONIAL GROUNDS AND A MUSEUM.
IN 1715 THEY HAD 6 VILLAGES. BEFORE ANGLOS CAME HERE LAKE WACCAMAW WAS JUST INDIAN LAND. THE GREAT INDIAN CHIEF OSCEOLA WAS BORN FROM LAKE WACCAMAW. THESE INDIANS FARMED IN COMMUNAL GARDENS. THEY GREW CORN, BEANS, SQUASH, GOARDS, TOBACCO, PUMPKINS, FISHED, HUUTED MANY ANIMALS AND DOMESTICATED DUCKS, CHICKENS, GEESE AND MADE CHEESE.
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