Mission of the Wassamasaw Tribe - To provide economic enhancement to the Varnertown Community; to educate it's members on their history and culture; to provide opportunities for it's people to share their arts; to preserve the history and traditions of it's ancestors; and to promote public awareness of the community's existence and contributions to the general populations.

Origins - The Wassamasaw Tribe of Varnertown Indians is a Native American group consisting of bloodline members from the Varnertown Indian community.  The Varnertown Indians are descendants from several settlement Indians whose bloodlines include Catawba, Cherokee, and Edisto. The Varnertown Indian community has over a 150 year history of existence in Berkeley County as a separate Native American community. 

There are eight (8) distinct sir names to which the Wassamasaw Tribe of Varnertown Indians can trace back Native ancestry to:

Broad

Burbage

Clark

Dangerfield

Driggers

Huff

Varner

Williams

1940s -The South Carolina Board of Education established a state funded Indian School for the Varnertown Indians.  This one-room school was closed in 1963, forcing intergration of it's pupils into the public school system.  Before the Varnertown Indian School was established, many of the children attended other Indian Schools, such as the Summerville Indian School, also called St. Barnabas Mission, and the Pine View Indian School at Ten Mile Hill.

Today - The Wassamasaw Tribe was one of the first four native groups to receive State Recognition in SC (Feb 2005).  In order to further promote the Tribe's mission statement, the Executive Board works towards funding to help with the economic development of the Varnertown community .  The Executive Board also strives to create partnerships with the businesses with in the Berkeley County community in order to provide needed assistance to it's tribal members and native community.