Due to the many e-mails and phone calls requesting information on how to become a member of
the tribe, we have decided to post the requirements on our web site.
The Tribal Roll of the Pee Dee Indian Tribe of South Carolina is open for anyone to become
a member of the tribe, if they meet the requirements that has been established in our Constitution & Bylaws. We want all
people of Pee Dee Indian heritage to become members of the tribe if that is their desire.
First let me make this "STATEMENT", we do not go by any blood percentage to prove you are Indian,
and also there is no census records any where that will list your ancestor as a Pee Dee Indian because no one was ever identified
as being from a certain Indian Tribe except in a few cases, and none were Pee Dee Indians. We use genealogy to say you are
Indian. If your ancestors were born in South Carolina and in the geographical location of the Great Pee Dee River or the Little
Pee Dee River, which today are Marion, Dillon, Marlboro, Chesterfield, Darlington and Florence Counties you can assume
that they were descendants of the Originial Pee Dee Indians that lived in this area of South Carolina.
You must provide the following items to apply for membership to the tribe.
1. Certified copy of your birth certificate and copies of your parents birth certificates
if they were born after 1930.
2. Copy of census record that lists your ancestor (s) as Indian, Mulatto or Croatan.
3. A family genealogy chart from you back to at least one set of Great-GrandParents, you
must mark each person of Indian descent in red highlite marker on your chart and include on the chart the date of the census
and the race as listed on the census record.
Example ( John Tall Man, 1920Census Dillon Cnty, race Ind. Mu. or Cro. )
4. Application for Tribal Membership with
Signature Notarized where required.
This will allow the tribal enrollment Officer to verify your genealogy. You must include a readable
copy of each census record you make reference to on the family tree chart. Indian ancestors are to be highlited in red
or some color to make them easy to find when your application is being reviewed.
Please enclose a current 4 x 6 photo that can be scanned, it will be used for
your Tribal ID Card if your application is approved. You must have your signature Notarized by a Notary Public in the
State of Residence.
When you have gathered all the necessary documentations and made your Family tree chart you
can apply for an application form by e-mailing redfeatherruns@msn.com or by letter to PO Box 557 Attention Enrollment Officer McColl,
South Carolina. Please refer any questions you have to the e-mail address above.
I know there are many of you out there that are descendants of the Pee Dee Indians and have
never had the opportunity to claim your heritage, well now is your chance. Do not be held back because you think you are to
white, too dark skinned or not looking like one of those movie star Indians. The face of the American Indian has been changing
ever since the first ship arrived. I look foward to receiving your application for membership.
