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The content part of the Croatan page is relevant to the page although it is brief. Even though the tribe is said to be extinct there are still Coratan people living today that could quite possibly have some more insight on their ancestors and the stories they have heard or been apart of. The page has credible information and is organized well on important things that have made up the croatan people. Where did the beliefs they live by come from and why do they believe so highly in them? Why do they believe the people that don't respect their leaders and live a life based upon afterlife go to a place called Popogusso to suffer? What exactly is Popogusso? These are just a couple of the things I see that could be elaborated more on. The article could add more of a reasoning behind these ideas if possible. General ideas are well represented in the article but not elaborated on thoroughly.

History

The legislature on June 30th, 1914 declared a thorough investigation to decide what tribal right the "cherokees" formerly known as Croatan indians of North Carolina had. The Croatan Indians are mainly from different counties in North Carolina, but some are also found in Soth Carolina. The Coratan Indians that are found in South Carolina are called "Red bones" but still carry the same characteritics of the Croatan people from North Carolina.

Where did the Croatan people come from?

No one new that the Croatan Indians exisited until 1888 came along. In 1888 a petition of 54 people claiming to be a part of the Croatin Indians was sent to the indiam office at Washington. They claimed to live in Robeson county, N.C. the indian office had the understanding that the name Croatan was just the name of an island/village. There was a colony of 120 people north of Cape Hatteras, N.C. In 1587 Whites people for in Roanoke Island. White returned to the colony in 1590 but his people were nowhere to be found. The only remains was the words Crotan carved into a tree. This made White beleive that the colonist left Roanoke for Croatan. No traces of the colonist were found, but after 100 years Lawson (John Lawson- an english expoerer of the Carolinas) spoke to the Hatteras Indians whuch made him beleive the missing colonist were involved with the Indians.