THESE INDIANS ARE OF THE SIOUAN FAMILY. THEY AREA STATE RECOGNIZED TRIBE. THE WACCANAW 'S ANCIENT HOMES WERE ALONG THE WACCANAM RIVER FROM NORTH CAROLINA TO GEORGETOWN, SOUTH CAROLINA.
THEY RECEIVED AMMUNITION FROM THE CHERAU, WHO TRIED TO ENLIST THEM TO SUPPORT THE YAMASSEE AND OTHER TRIBES IN 1715. THEY RECEIVED 20 ACRES OF THEIR ANCESTRAL HOMELAND IN 2004. THEIR TRIBAL GROUNDS WILL HOUSE OFFICES AND CEREMONIAL GROUNDS, AND A MUSEUM.
IN 1775 THEY HAD SIX SIX VILLAGES. BEFORE ANGLOS CAME LAKE WACCANAW WAS JUST INDIAN LAND. THE GREAT INDIAN CHIEF OSCEOLA WAS BORN FROM LAKE WACCONAW. THESE INDIANS FARMED IN COMMUNAL GARDENS - CORN, BEANS, SQUASH, GOARDS, TOBACCO, AND PUMPKINS. THEY FISHED AND HUNTED MANY ANIMALS, AND DOMESTICATES DUCKS, CHICKENS, GEESE AND MADE CHEESE.
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