How many tribes lived in North Carolina?

North Carolina was home to more than 30 Indian Tribes at the time settlers arrived from Europe during the mid-16th century. The main three were the Cherokee, Tuscarora, and Lumbee. Today it remains home to eight state-recognized tribes: Coharie, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Haliwa-Saponi , Meherrin , Sappony , Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation, Lumbee , Waccamaw Siouan .