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The
Cherokees of South Carolina 
The Cherokees of South Carolina serve as
the sponsoring organization of the
South Carolina Chapter of the Trail of Tears Association,
which helps to document
the "Trail of Tears" sites and location within
the state of South Carolina for inclusion
in the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail as it is
administered by the United States
National Park Service. The Tribe has also sent a
representative to the 1997 South
Carolina Institute for Community Scholars in the
Traditional Arts, sponsored by the South Carolina Arts
Commission and the State-wide organization, Collaborative
for Community Trust. Tribal members of the Cherokees of
South Carolina are also members of Native American
professional organizations and associations including:
National Indian Educational Association (NIEA), American
Indian Special Interest Group of the American Educational
Research Association, American Indian Society of
Washington, American Indian Physicians Association,
Native American Journalist Association, Unity/United
Indian Tribal Youth Organization, National Museum of the
American Indian, and Atlatl, Inc. (the National Indian
Arts Service Agency). The Tribe has raised money for
Native American charitable organizations including-
Running Strong for Indian Youth /Christian Charities and
Billy Mills, St. Labre Indian School, Red Cloud Indian
School, and the Native American Heritage Association.
As in ancient times, The South Carolina Cherokees
continue to look to our Clan Mothers for guidance and
leadership. Our previous Clan mother, Amanda Stegall
Allen (1874-1961) was born in Easley, South Carolina.
Presently the Clan Mother is Amanda Allen Taylor who is
92 years old and was born in Seneca and presently resides
in Columbia. Consequently we have the last hundred years
in the keen memory of our current Nonagenarian Clan
Mother. The Cherokee systems of governance, religion and
social order is based on the Clan system, of which the
Clan Mother is the head.
South Carolina Indians Today
NATIONAL
Native American Indian Organizational LINKS:
National Congress of American Indians
American Indian
Movement
Office of American Indian Trust
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
First Nations Development
Institute
National Center for American
Indian Enterprise Development
Department of Labor, Native American
and Indian Programs (Welfare to Work, TANF)
Department of Defense and Native American Programs
National Indian Policy Center (George
Washington University)
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance
Program
Council of
Energy Resource Tribes
Native American Rights Fund
National Indian Telecommunications
Institute
Native American Cultural and
Educational Authority
INTERNATIONAL LINKS:
International Indian Treaty
Council
Center for World
Indigenous Studies
International Work
Group for Indigenous Affairs
UN Documents on
Indigenous Peoples
Inuit Circumpolar Conference
Economic
Development and Cultural Change