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Strangers in their own land : South Carolina's state Indian tribes
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Strangers in their own land : South Carolina's state Indian tribes

Author: S Pony Hill
Publisher: Palm Coast, FL : Backintyme, ©2009.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Publisher Marketing: Harsh "racial" segregation during the Jim Crow era prevented South Carolina's Indian groups from assimilating. Due to their three-fold genetic admixture, they were labeled with such fanciful names as Red Bones, Brass Ankles, Croatans, Turks, and "not real Indians at all." For generations, South Carolina's remaining Indians struggled to avoid reduction to the oppressed social status of "Negroes."  Read more...
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: S Pony Hill
ISBN: 9780939479344 0939479346
OCLC Number: 609888653
Description: viii, 88 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents: The Wassamasaw --
The Edisto --
The Santee --
The Beaver Creek --
The Cheraw --
The Pee Dee --
The Waccamaw --
The Catawba.
Responsibility: S. Pony Hill.

Abstract:

Publisher Marketing: Harsh "racial" segregation during the Jim Crow era prevented South Carolina's Indian groups from assimilating. Due to their three-fold genetic admixture, they were labeled with such fanciful names as Red Bones, Brass Ankles, Croatans, Turks, and "not real Indians at all." For generations, South Carolina's remaining Indians struggled to avoid reduction to the oppressed social status of "Negroes." Their desperation eventually fostered anti-Black sentiment within some of the groups, an affliction that still infects a few of the older community members. Generations have passed since the Jim Crow era. Today, the Palmetto State's Indians focus less on imagined "racial purity" and more on the welfare of their communities, preserving their customs, and honoring their ancient traditions. Much work remains to be done by and for all of the tribal groups of South Carolina. The tribes strive to convert state recognition, which now serves only as a morale booster, into a true vehicle to promote tribal educational, economic, and healthcare improvement. South Carolina's state-recognized tribes are now hard at work to accomplish this goal.

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