# @mypbsnc on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DH9JLPtJ4Gt
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- **Posted:** 2025-04-02T19:08:21.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** PBS North Carolina (@mypbsnc) — https://gondola.cc/mypbsnc

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The Coharie Tribe has lived on the Great Coharie River for centuries. Can a new initiative help reconnect the next generation to the water and their culture?

The Great Coharie River (identified as the Great Coharie Creek on Google Maps) flows through the sandy ground of Sampson County, North Carolina. It’s the ancestral home of the Coharie Tribe. 

Between 1729 and 1746, intertribal and colonial hostilities caused the Coharie to move inland, where they found refuge in the area around the Great Coharie River. This marshy land was seen as undesirable by settlers since it wasn’t productive farmland. 

Coharie Tribal Administrator Greg Jacobs says when he’s on the Great Coharie River, he can tap into the emotions of his ancestors. 

The river started to change in the 1990s after the area was hit by back-to-back hurricanes. The storms brought down trees that fell across and into the river, changing its shape and making it difficult to navigate. A beaver population initially brought into the area in the 1930s as an alternative income for farmers was left largely unchecked as the fur industry became less profitable. Beaver dams along the Great Coharie River backed water up onto nearby lands, sometimes impacting agricultural fields along the river. 

Around 2011, Greg returned to the area for his first stint as tribal administrator. While he was talking with elders of the community, one of the women, Allion "Sis" Goodman, asked him what they were going to do about “our river.” 

Read the full article by Michelle Lotker at our link in bio. 

State of Change: Living with Water premieres April 17 on PBS NC & the PBS app.

Attend our free, hybrid event on April 22. Registration is required via Eventbrite. Learn more and get your tickets now at the link in our bio!

Special thanks: @nativeenvironment, Phillip Bell, Greg Jacobs, Kullen Bell and the Coharie tribe

#PBSNC #StateOfChange #NorthCarolina

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PBS North Carolina | @mypbsnc | https://gondola.cc/mypbsnc | Television Network |
| Erin Lashley | @erintlashley | https://gondola.cc/erintlashley | Social Media Specialist |

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