Pedee people

"Peedee" redirects here. For other uses, see Pee Dee (disambiguation).
Pedee, Pee Dee, or Peedee
Town Creek Mound, a precontact Pee Dee culture site in North Carolina
Total population
Estimated 600 in 1600[1]
Regions with significant populations
 USA
 South Carolina
Languages
Unknown
likely Siouan,[2] possibly Catawban[3]
Related ethnic groups
Catawba

The Pedee people, also Pee Dee and Peedee, were a historic Native American tribe of the Southeastern United States. Historically, their population has been concentrated in the Piedmont of present-day South Carolina. It is believed that in the 17th and 18th centuries, English colonists named the Pee Dee River and the Pee Dee region of South Carolina for the tribe. Today four state-recognized tribes,[4][5] one state-recognized group,[4] and several unrecognized groups claim descent from the historic Pedee people.[6][7][8] Presently none of these organizations are recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, with the Catawba Indian Nation being the only federally recognized tribe within South Carolina.[4]

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  2. ^ Swanton, John Reed (1952). The Indian Tribes of North America. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 97. ISBN 9780874740929.
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  4. ^ a b c "Federal and State Recognized Native American Entities". The South Caroline Commission for Minority Affairs. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  5. ^ Gordon, Kay (6 January 1983). "The Santees". The Columbia Record. Vol. 86, no. 220. newspapers.com. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Native American Heritage Federal and State Recognized Tribes". SC Department of Archives & History. State of South Carolina. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  7. ^ "South Carolina's Recognized Native American Indian Entities". South Carolina Commission for Minority Affairs. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  8. ^ Pounds, Keith A. (12 June 2016). "Not a Tribal Community". T&D. The Times and Democrat. Retrieved 12 August 2016.