The Lumbee Indians: An American Struggle

The Lumbee Indians: An American StruggleJamestown, the Lost Colony of Roanoke, and Plymouth Rock are central to America's mythic origin stories. Then, we are told, the main characters the friendly Native Americans who met the settlers disappeared. But the history of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina demands that we tell a different story. As the largest tribe east of the Mississippi and one of the largest in the country, the Lumbees have survived in their original homelands, maintaining a

Ken Tilsen

this resource is essential for Anishinaabemowin learners

Lumbee people themselves have constructed their identity in layers that tie together kin and place

He explains how the ancient and unfolding stories of a community and their pedagogy are the essence of Indigenous education

abruptly ending the festivities

the Ghost Dance remains widely mischaracterized as a primitive and failed effort by Indian militants to resist American conquest and return to traditional ways

children's home

Plains Indian ledger art grew out of the Native tradition of recording and chronicling through art important exploits by warriors and chiefs

and generational trauma

and America’s giant step backward in the presidential election

Named for the Ojibwe word for little bear

Each character in these stories is full of surprises