[4][6] The group is believed to have descended "from certain tribes of Indians originally inhabiting the coastal regions of North Carolina.

[2] Its mission is to "provide housing, economic development, health, social services assistance and maintenance of the tribal roll for the members of the Coharie Tribe.

[2] Leadership positions, as of 2019, included:[5] In 1911, North Carolina first recognized the Croatan Indians of Samson County.

[10] Romie G. Simmons sent a letter of intent to petition for federal recognition on behalf of the Coharie Intra-tribal Council, Inc., on March 13, 1981.

[13] E. Sequoyah Simermeyer, a member of the Coharie Intra-tribal Council and Navajo descendant, served as a Government Affairs Group Associate with the National Congress of American Indians and became a counsel to the assistant secretary in the US Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs in 2007.