AYNOR, S.C. (WMBF) - Four Indian tribes across South Carolina are teaming up to seek recognition from the federal government in an effort that has taken over three decades. One of them is the Waccamaw ...

Chief Buster Hatcher and the Waccamaw Indian People welcomed thousands of American Indians and other people to their 25th annual Pauwau the weekend of Nov. 25. Hatcher said at least eight chiefs from ...

Four Native American tribes seeking federal recognition plan to team up and consolidate their efforts in a bid to fast track the process. “If we can get one bill pushed by South Carolina, it helps a ...

About 50 people gathered at Hog Heaven Restaurant in Pawleys Island on June 12 to learn about the Waccamaw Indian People. The event was a fundraiser for the group's upcoming pow wow, set for Nov. 3 ...

BOLTON, N.C. (WECT) - The N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (NCDNCR) is inviting the public to a dedication for a marker commemorating the Waccamaw Siouan Tribe at 10 a.m. on Saturday, ...

A nearly millennium-old Native American canoe was fished out of a North Carolina lake on Wednesday, video shows. The North Carolina Office of State Archaeology and the Waccamaw Siouan Tribe joined ...

In 2018, Gov. Roy Cooper initially declared the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples' Day statewide. Wilmington, alongside numerous other cities nationwide, have recognized it at the local ...

Waccamaw Indian People chief Harold Hatcher is backing a bipartisan effort to abolish Columbus Day in South Carolina, wanting it replaced with an observance more reflective of the state’s culture and ...

A piece of Native American history buried beneath Lake Waccamaw for hundreds of years was brought to the surface Wednesday. A team of archaeologists, neighbors, and members of the Waccamaw Siouan ...

For April Parker, her family’s hometown is almost a map of her heritage. Parker grew up spending every summer in Chadbourn, North Carolina, a predominantly Black agricultural town in Columbus County ...

COLUMBUS COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - The Waccamaw Siouan tribe is making sure everyone knows their lineage is still on the map. Most of the Native American people in this tribe reside in Columbus and Bladen ...