Harsh "racial" segregation during the Jim Crow era prevented South Carolina\'s Indian groups from assimilating.
Hill currently lives in San Antonio, Texas..
Mr.
He is the author of Patriot Chiefs and Loyal Braves available online.
He was previously a contract researcher for federal recognition grants under Administration for Native Americans and for members of the United Ketowah Band, Cherokee Nation and Sumter Band of Cheraw, specializing in Southeastern Indian documentation.
He holds a degree in Criminal Justice from Keiser University, Dean\'s List, Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society member.
Pony Hill was born in Jackson County, Florida.
About the Author: S.
This is the third edition of Pony Hill\'s ground-breaking study of the Indian tribes of South Carolina.
Moore, Ph.
D, Anthropology Department, University of Florida.
This book, then, is where an authentic perspective is enhanced by thorough scholarship." -- John H. "When the author has spent many years traveling to Indian communities around the Southeast and talking to Indian elders, as Pony Hill has done, he must be admired not only for his authenticity, but also for his scholarship.
South Carolina\'s state-recognized tribes are now hard at work to accomplish this goal.
The tribes strive to convert State recognition, which now serves only as a morale booster, into a true vehicle to promote tribal educational, economic, and healthcare improvement.
Much work remains to be done by and for all of the tribal groups of South Carolina.
Today, the Palmetto State\'s Indians focus less on imagined "racial purity" and more on the welfare of Their communities, preserving Their customs, and honoring Their ancient traditions.
Generations have passed since the Jim Crow era.
For generations, South Carolina\'s remaining Indians struggled to avoid reduction to the oppressed social status of "Negroes." Their desperation eventually fostered anti-Black sentiment within some of the groups, an affliction that still infects a few of the older community members.
Due to Their three-fold genetic admixture, they were labeled with such fanciful names as Red Bones, Brass Ankles, Croatans, Turks, and "not real Indians" at all.
Harsh "racial" segregation during the Jim Crow era prevented South Carolina\'s Indian groups from assimilating
