Coharie Tribe
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Lands
Harnett and Sampson Counties in southeastern North Carolina, where the Tribe locates its present community
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Facts 4
History
The Tribe's river page dates volunteer work on the Great Coharie River to 2015.
As of 2015 Source: Coharie Tribe, Great Coharie River Initiative/Coharie River Tours - Coharie Tribe (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
History
The Tribe's history dates a Coharie-funded subscription school for its children to 1859.
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Governance
The Tribe's government page describes the Coharie Intra-Tribal Council as representing Harnett and Sampson Counties.
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Land
The Tribe's history locates the present Coharie population in North Carolina's Harnett and Sampson Counties.
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Context and resources
Schools And Community Persistence
The Tribe's history dates a community-funded subscription school to 1859. It describes state permission for a separate school system in 1911, revocation in 1913 and later reinstatement after community organizing. Its account describes the East Carolina Indian School serving Coharie and other Native students in 1943, with the original building later becoming Tribal administrative offices. These are milestones in education and institutions within a continuing people.
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Reconnecting With The River
The Tribe's river page describes storms blocking access to the Great Coharie River and volunteer work beginning in 2015. It connects that work with memories of fishing and returning river access across generations. The page also states a future clearing goal and hoped-for partnerships. Those remain stated aims in this source; current ecological outcomes and access conditions have not been independently verified.
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From the publisher's own pages
Coharie: About The Tribe (opens in a new tab)
Begin with the Tribe's own website and its public routes to government, history and community programs.
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Coharie: History And Schools (opens in a new tab)
Read the Tribe's account of community continuity, schooling and institutions.
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Coharie: Tribal Government (opens in a new tab)
Learn how the Tribe describes its council and related community organizations.
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Coharie: Great Coharie River Initiative (opens in a new tab)
Read the Tribe's dated volunteer-work account and its stated aims for river access and stewardship.
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