Coastal Carolina Indian Center is pleased to announce that for the first time in the history of the Great Salt Water Educational Outreach Enrichment Program, four schools across the state of North Carolina are being acknowledged for CCIC’s Outstanding Fourth Grade Teachers and Students Award. Fourth grade class enrollment size varies amongst these schools, but the one standout attribute each fourth grade class demonstrated […]
What does ‘Chocowinity’ mean?
by Sara Whitford ©2008 All Rights Reserved. FACT: In 1928, the Rev. N.C. Hughes, Jr., who had long admired and wondered about the meaning of the name “Chocowinity” engaged in a conversation with a “well-educated Indian” he met on the Edisto River in South Carolina. The Indian proceeded to tell Rev. Hughes that the word […]