The resource guide describes the history of America Indians in South Carolina and outlines the American Indian cultural regions in the state. This map highlights the cultural areas with the highest density of Native American people. In 1993, the Catawbas ended a land dispute after 150 years and a federal lawsuit. The settlement restored the tribe's federal status and allowed the Catawbas to expand their reservation along the banks of the Catwba River in northeast South Carolina. Today, the Catwba Nation reservation is about 720 acres.
Pottery remains a mainstay in the Catwba culture and tradition.
From the 1600s to 1800s, Cherokees inhabited the extreme northwest portion of South Carolina and dominated much of the Midlands and Piedmont during early colonial times. The Cherokee Path was a path leading out of Charleston heading to Columbia. It ran from Charles Towne to Ninety Six, then to Fort Prince George and the Cherokee village of Keowee, continuing into North Carolina, the Unaka Mountains and the valley of the Little Tennessee River. The Chicora Indians are the aboriginal dwellers of South Carolina. The tribe recently got a federal grant to set up an office in Andrews for the purpose of continuing research on its history and genealogy of tribal members.