South Carolina – Indians, Native Americans – Kiawah

South Carolina SC Native Americans SC Indian Tribes SC Kiawah Indians

Name, Language

• Alternate spellings: Kiawa, Kiawaw - a Cusabo tribe
• Possible meanings:
  Language family: Muskogean

Current Status

• Extinct

SC Location, Territory

• Traditional: Lower Ashley River in Charleston and Dorchester counties

Related SC Names

• Kiawah Island in Charleston County
• Kiawah River

Population Estimates

History

Dwellings

Food

• Farming: Yes (crops unknown)
• Fishing: Yes (species unknown)
• Hunting: Deer, fowl

Beliefs and Practices

Resources

• Waddell, Gene. Indians of the South Carolina Lowcountry, 1562-1751. Spartanburg, SC: The Reprint Company, 1980.
  –Part one - PDF - scroll to page 2 for beginning of Kiawah info
  –Part two - PDF - Kiawah info continues