<P> Divided roughly along the Santee River were the two main groups of Native American peoples -- Hokan Sioux ( Ancestral Sioux ) & the Cusaboan tribes . Relative to the Hokan were mostly the Waccamaw Siouan & the Sewee . That being said , there were also the Wateree , Woccon & the Santee ( not to be confused with the Dakota Santee of the west . ) Hokan Sioux lived in a narrow , zigzagging region from modern day Ohio to the Carolina coast . Most of the region south of the Santee River was controlled by the Muskogean Cusabo tribes . North of the Sewee were the Croatan , an Algonquian nation related to the Chowanoke , Piscataway , Nanticoke & Powhatan further north . Many descendants of the Croatan survive among the Lumbee , who also took in many Siouan peoples of the region . Deeper inland , other Muskogean tribes merged to form the Yamasee . The lands of the Cherokee may have just grazed into the state , but they were set further back in Appalachia . In the 18th century , both the Yamasee & Cherokee merged with other tribes to form the Creek Confederacy , who later fractured after conquering mush of the east coast . The Yamasee survive today among the Seminole . </P>
<P> Divided roughly along the Santee River were the two main groups of Native American peoples -- Hokan Sioux ( Ancestral Sioux ) & the Cusaboan tribes . Relative to the Hokan were mostly the Waccamaw Siouan & the Sewee . That being said , there were also the Wateree , Woccon & the Santee ( not to be confused with the Dakota Santee of the west . ) Hokan Sioux lived in a narrow , zigzagging region from modern day Ohio to the Carolina coast . Most of the region south of the Santee River was controlled by the Muskogean Cusabo tribes . North of the Sewee were the Croatan , an Algonquian nation related to the Chowanoke , Piscataway , Nanticoke & Powhatan further north . Many descendants of the Croatan survive among the Lumbee , who also took in many Siouan peoples of the region . Deeper inland , other Muskogean tribes merged to form the Yamasee . The lands of the Cherokee may have just grazed into the state , but they were set further back in Appalachia . In the 18th century , both the Yamasee & Cherokee merged with other tribes to form the Creek Confederacy , who later fractured after conquering mush of the east coast . The Yamasee survive today among the Seminole . </P>
who lived in south carolina before european settlers
who lived in south carolina before european settlers
Hokan Sioux ( Ancestral Sioux ) & the Cusaboan tribes
Hokan Sioux ( Ancestral Sioux ) & the Cusaboan tribes