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Native American Heritage

Native American Heritage Month is celebrated from November 1 through November 30 each year.

November

Native American Heritage Month is celebrated from November 1 through November 30 each year. What began as a day of honoring the first Americans became a full month in 1990 when President George H. W. Bush approved a joint resolution designating November as "National American Indian Heritage Month. Other variations of the month-long celebration include "Native American Heritage Month" and "National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month."

Within this Collection

Collection Catawba
Catawba

The Catawba (people of the river) are a federally recognized tribe of Native Americans, known as the Catawba Indian Nation.

Collection Cherokees
Cherokees
Collection Chicora
Chicora
Collection Edisto Natchez-Kusso
Edisto Natchez-Kusso
Collection Pee Dee
Pee Dee
Collection Santee
Santee
Collection Sewees
Sewees
Collection Tuscarora/Iroquoian Tribe
Tuscarora/Iroquoian Tribe
Collection Varner Town
Varner Town
Collection Waccamaw
Waccamaw
Content Type
Edible Wild Plants | Pee Dee Explorer

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Grades

  • 6
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Edible Wild Plants | Pee Dee Explorer
Learn from a botanist about edible plants that are indigenous to the Pee Dee Region of South Carolina. Species include the Hawthorn Tree, Prickly Pear Cactus, Chestnut, River Birch, Wax-Myrtle...
Regalia | Pee Dee Explorer - Episode 3 Waccamaw People's Pow Wow | Pee Dee Explorer

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Grades

  • Pre K
  • Kindergarten
  • 1
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  • 6
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Waccamaw People's Pow Wow | Pee Dee Explorer
At the 17th annual Waccamaw People's Festival in Aynor, S.C., Phil White Eagle, 2 nd Chief Judicial with the Waccamaw, describes the Pow Wow as a gathering in which not only tribal people attend, but...
Minority Business | Road Trip

Video

Grades

  • 6
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  • 8
Minority Business | Road Trip
In 1974, Henry J. Clark received his Residential Building and Remodeling State License for South Carolina, one of the first for Native Americans in this state. He built and sold many houses and...
Failing Students | Road Trip Alice Faye Broad Hincka | Road Trip

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Grades

  • 4
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  • 8
  • 11
Alice Faye Broad Hincka | Road Trip
Alice Faye Broad Hincka attended the Varner Indian School and Moncks Corner Junior High School. Alice shares her memories of growing up in the Varner community.
Charles Rodgers | Road Trip

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Grades

  • 6
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  • 8
Charles Rodgers | Road Trip
Disabled veteran, Charles Edward Rodgers, attended Varner Indian School, Berkeley Elementary, and Berkeley High School. He is proud of his Native American Heritage as a Varner Town Indian and speaks...
Henry J. Clark | Road Trip

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Grades

  • 6
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  • 8
Henry J. Clark | Road Trip
Henry J. Clark attended the Pineview Indian School in the late 1930s and the Varner Indian School in the early 1940s.
Martha Varner | Road Trip

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Grades

  • 5
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  • 11
Martha Varner | Road Trip
Martha Varner attended the Pineview School and the Varner Indian School during the 1930s and early 1940s. She recalls as a child being called "Brass Ankle" by other children passing by on school buses...
No High School | Road Trip

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Grades

  • 6
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No High School | Road Trip
T.L. Scott, the former Chief of Santee Indian Organization, talks about not being allowed to go to high school after the eighth grade.
Native American Community Store | Road Trip

Video

Grades

  • 4
  • 5
  • 8
Native American Community Store | Road Trip
T.L. Scott, the former Chief of Santee Indian Organization talks about his family's community store. T.L. Scott speaks about being treated "almost normal" compared to the blacks in the area.
Failing Students | Road Trip

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Grades

  • 5
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  • 11
Failing Students | Road Trip
Desiree Platt talks about her experiences with segregation. Native Americans were allowed to attend school only up to eighth grade.
King Hagler | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Grades

  • 4
  • 8
King Hagler | S.C. Hall of Fame
“King Hagler” was the leader of the Catawba Indian Nation. He had a reputation as peacekeeper with other tribes and colonists. In 1751, Hagler signed a treaty with the Six Nations. In 1756, Catawba...
Spotlight 1

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Grades

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  • Higher Education
Spotlight
Episode 1
The Hagood Mill Historical site occasionally serves as a gathering place for Native American people in the upstate. With its operating grist mill typical of 18 th -19 th century America, and newly...
What is Natural? | A Natural State 2

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Grades

  • 3
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What is Natural? | A Natural State
Episode 2
The natural world pervades nearly every aspect of the Catawba pottery tradition. Nature-inspired motifs include the turtle, frog, black snake, snail, feather and palm leaf, and are often connected to...
Spotlight | A Natural State 1

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Grades

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Spotlight | A Natural State
Episode 1
Catawba pottery is recognized as one of the oldest and purest traditional art forms in America. Potters such as Billie Anne McKellar, a fourth generation potter, are often ancestors of a long line of...