Kiawah Indians – Native Americans in SC

South Carolina SC Native Americans SC Indian Tribes SC Kiawah Indians

Name, Language – Kiawah Indians

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

Current Status – Kiawah Indians

• Active - reestablished as the Guaymari Kiawah, which means "The Sacred Spiritual People of Earth"
  

SC Location, Territory – Kiawah Indians

• Traditional: Lower Ashley River in Charleston and Dorchester counties

Related SC Names – Kiawah Indians

• Kiawah Island in Charleston County
• Kiawah River

Population Estimates – Kiawah Indians

• ?

History – Kiawah Indians

• ?

Dwellings – Kiawah Indians

• ?

Food – Kiawah Indians

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

Beliefs and Practices – Kiawah Indians

• ?

Related Kiawah Indians Resources

• Gene Waddell, Indians of the South Carolina Lowcountry, 1562-1751 (Spartanburg, SC: The Reprint Company, 1980)