Taukchiray, Wes, 1948-

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Dates:
Birth 1948
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Biographical notes:

Wes Taukchiray (a.k.a. Wes White) is an ethnohistorian and the author of numerous publications about the Indians of North America and the Southeast, including monographs on the Catawba, Natchez, and Kussoe; in 1969 Wes White (b.1948) began studying the Four Holes Indian community (Dorchester County, S.C.) in an attempt to identify the historical predecessors of the present-day Indian groups in the area and has since done research on many other Indian groups. In 1982 White became the main researcher for Indian Law Unit of the Lumbee River Legal Services in Lumberton, N.C. In 1988 he changed his name to Taukchiray, meaning "white" in the Catawba language.

From the description of Wes Taukchiray papers, 198u-200u. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 228032750

Wes Taukchiray (a.k.a., Wes White) is an ethnohistorian and the author of numerous publications about the Indians of North America, including monographs on the Catawba, Natchez, and Kussoe.

From the description of Charles Walker Carroll collection on the Wateree Indians, 1566-1770. (College of Charleston). WorldCat record id: 77563422

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Subjects:

  • Catawba Indians
  • Congaree Indians
  • Indians of North America
  • Indians of North America
  • Indians of North America
  • Missions, Spanish
  • Wateree Indians

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  • South Carolina (as recorded)
  • South Carolina (as recorded)
  • Catawba Indian Nation (as recorded)
  • South Carolina (as recorded)
  • North Carolina (as recorded)
  • Southern States (as recorded)