Beaver Creek Indian Tribe
The Beaver Creek Indian Tribe or Beaver Creek Indians is a state-recognized tribe and nonprofit organization headquartered in Salley, South Carolina. The organization was awarded the status of a state-recognized tribe by the South Carolina Commission of Minority Affairs on January 27, 2006. They are not a federally recognized Native American tribe and are one several recognized nonprofit organizations within South Carolina that allege to be descended from the historic Pee Dee. The organization is not to be confused with the Pee Dee Indian Nation of Beaver Creek, a "state-recognized group" recognized by the South Carolina Commission of Minority Affairs in 2007.
Official flag of the Beaver Creek Indian Tribe | |
Named after | Beaver Creek |
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Formation | January 26, 1998 |
Type | state-recognized tribe, nonprofit organization |
Tax ID no. | EIN 57-1063914 |
Purpose | A80: Historical Societies, Historical Preservation |
Headquarters | Salley, South Carolina |
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Official language | English |
Leader | Louis Chavis |
Website | beavercreekindians |
Formerly called | Beaver Creek Band of Pee Dee Indians |
The tribe claims descent from a band of Pee Dee who settled between the forks of Edisto River in Orangeburg County, South Carolina during the eighteenth century.