Lumbee Indians

by Currie, Jefferson. In 1971 the State of North Carolina proposed tearing down the Old Main building at Pembroke State University (now the University of North Carolina at Pembroke). Old Main, built in the 1920s, is the [...] (from Tar Heel Junior Historian, NC Museum of History.)

by Currie, Jefferson. "Shhhhhhhh!" Legend has it that Coharie Indian mothers would make that sound when outsiders would approach their village, hoping to quiet their children until the strangers passed. The Coharie were [...] (from Tar Heel Junior Historian, NC Museum of History.)

by La Vere, David. North Carolina’s American Indians in World War II by Dr. David La Vere/Our State Books Reprinted with permission from the Tar Heel Junior Historian. Fall 2005. Tar Heel Junior Historian [...] (from Tar Heel Junior Historian, NC Museum of History.)

by Mammen, Edwin H. Carolina Indian Voice, a weekly newspaper published in Pembroke, was established on 18 Jan. 1973. It serves the interests of the Lumbee Indians in Robeson County, who make up approximately one-third [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Barton, Bruce. Double Voting: A Personal Account "'Double Voting' in Robeson County: A Reminder of an Unequal Past" by Bruce Barton Reprinted with permission from the Tar Heel Junior Historian. Fall [...] (from Tar Heel Junior Historian, NC Museum of History.)

by Porter, Matthew C. The English language in North Carolina has been growing and evolving since 1584, when the first English explorers to visit North America came to the Outer Banks, making it the first place in the New [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Agan, Kelly. Exploring North Carolina: American Indian History This page gathers resources in NCpedia that [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Towery, Keri. Native Americans have very different views about learning and teaching than other population groups in the United States. Their children learn to respect individuals and to encourage the talents of [...] (from Tar Heel Junior Historian, NC Museum of History.)

by Mitchell, Thornton W. During the Civil War many Lumbee Indians of Robeson County banded together under the leadership of Allen Lowry and hid in swamps along the Lumber River to avoid forced labor in the building of [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by McElroy, Jenny. The Lowry War by Jenny McElroy UNC - North Carolina Collection, 2008 "This Month in North Carolina History" series. Reprinted with permission. On March 3, 1865, Allen Lowry and his son William [...] (from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries.)

by Evans, William Mckee. Lowry, Henry Berry by William Mckee Evans, 1991; Revised by Jared Dease, Government and Heritage Library, December 2022 ca. 1846–72? See also:  Henry Berry Lowry, By Jefferson Currie, [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Currie, Jefferson. On a hot June day in 1999, a young Lumbee Indian man, Randall Oxendine, stood on the banks of the old millpond at Bear Swamp and yelled, “I’m gonna get you, Henry Berry!”  Gabrial Cummings [...] (from Tar Heel Junior Historian, NC Museum of History.)

by Cecelski, David S. On the night of Jan. 18, 1958, Welton Lowry and hundreds of other Lumbee Indians surrounded a Ku Klux Klan rally near Maxton, 90 miles south of Raleigh in Robeson County. The Lumbee launched barrages [...] (from Listening to History, News and Observer.)

by Stilling, Glenn Ellen Starr. Part i: Introduction; Part ii: Theories of Lumbee Origins; Part iii: Discrimination and Injustice in the Nineteenth Century; Part iv: Lumbee Pursuit of Education, Civil Rights, and Self-Governance; [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Stilling, Glenn Ellen Starr. Part i:Introduction; Part ii: Theories of Lumbee Origins; Part iii: Discrimination and Injustice in the Nineteenth Century; Part iv: Lumbee Pursuit of Education, Civil Rights, and Self-Governance; [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Stilling, Glenn Ellen Starr. Part i: Introduction; Part ii: Theories of Lumbee Origins; Part iii: Discrimination and Injustice in the Nineteenth Century; Part iv: Lumbee Pursuit of Education, Civil Rights, and Self-Governance; [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Stilling, Glenn Ellen Starr. Part i: Introduction; Part ii: Theories of Lumbee Origins; Part iii: Discrimination and Injustice in the Nineteenth Century; Part iv: Lumbee Pursuit of Education, Civil Rights, and Self-Governance; [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Stilling, Glenn Ellen Starr. Part i: Introduction; Part ii: Theories of Lumbee Origins; Part iii: Discrimination and Injustice in the Nineteenth Century; Part iv: Lumbee Pursuit of Education, Civil Rights, and Self-Governance; [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Stilling, Glenn Ellen Starr. Part i: Introduction; Part ii: Theories of Lumbee Origins; Part iii: Discrimination and Injustice in the Nineteenth Century; Part iv: Lumbee Pursuit of Education, Civil Rights, and Self-Governance; [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Stilling, Glenn Ellen Starr. Part i:Introduction; Part ii: Theories of Lumbee Origins; Part iii: Discrimination and Injustice in the Nineteenth Century; Part iv: Lumbee Pursuit of Education, Civil Rights, and Self-Governance; [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Graham, Nicholas. Lumbee Indians Face the Ku Klux Klan, 1958 by Nicholas Graham UNC - North Carolina Collection, 2005 "This Month in North Carolina History" series. Reprinted with permission. See also: Lumbee [...] (from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries.)

by Claggett, Stephen R. Native American Settlement of North Carolina by Stephen R. Claggett; Revised by SLNC Government and Heritage Library, July 2023 Reprinted with permission from the Tar Heel Junior Historian. [...] (from Tar Heel Junior Historian, NC Museum of History.)

by McKown, Harry W., Jr. On February 10, 1885, the state of North Carolina legally recognized the identity of the "Indians of Robeson County," a milestone in the history of the tribe now known as the Lumbee. One scholar has [...] (from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries.)

by Kapp, M. Keith. Outlawry, involving declarations issued by the courts against fleeing felons, came to North Carolina as part of English common law. During the Regulator crisis in 1764, a statute replacing common-law [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Belton, Tom. Today North Carolina is a major center for aviation-related military bases. These include the Coast Guard station at Elizabeth City; the Marine Corps Air Station at Cherry Point, which provides [...] (from Tar Heel Junior Historian, NC Museum of History.)

by Williams, Wiley J. The University of North Carolina at Pembroke was established on 7 Mar. 1887 as Croatan Normal School by the General Assembly at the request of the Lumbee Indians and other Native Americans in the [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)