An Indian village that represents Mississippian mound-building tradition (A.D. 1150 to 1450). The reconstructed site, first excavated 1937, 5 mi. SE.
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Colonial trading route, dating from 17th century, from Petersburg, Virginia, to Catawba and Waxhaw Indians in Carolina, passed nearby.
Colonial trading route, dating from 17th century, from Petersburg, Virginia, to Catawba and Waxhaw Indians in Carolina, passed nearby.
A village of the Saura Indians, abandoned by that tribe in the early 18th century, was on Dan River, 2 1/2 mi. N.E.
A village of the Saura Indians, abandoned by that tribe in the early 18th century, was on Dan River, two mi. S.
State recognized in 1971. Settled on Great Coharie River in the mid 1700's. Allies of Tuscarora and Neusiok Indian Tribes. Tribal center is here.
Opened here in 1943 to provide a high school education to Indian youth of 7 counties in eastern N.C. It closed in 1965.
State recognized in 1885. People of the Dark Water. They continue to thrive along the river, their tribal namesake, in a four-county territory.
Religious & political site, nearby. Built 1100-1500 C.E. by American Indian people. In 1974 Indians contested and halted its excavation.
The Lumbee and other American Indians ousted the Ku Klux Klan from Maxton, Jan. 18, 1958, at rally, 1 1/2 miles SW.