Late in the 19th century, the Croatan (now called Lumbee) gained state recognition as Indians in North Carolina and support for a separate school. The Coharie tribes built their own schools and later still, developed their own school system. The Waccamaw Siouan followed suit by founding the Doe Head School in 1885. Situated in the Buckhead Indian community, the school was open only sporadically. It closed in 1921, after the state had sent a black teacher to the school, and the community asked the teacher to leave.