Criminal activity = deportation? Heck, *I* was arrested for breaking into my own apartment! My ancestors literally met the boats and many relations were massacred for having compassion. Where are you gonna deport me to? #powhatan, #cherokee, #lumbee, #sapwne, #chippewah.
What are you reading right now?
I’m re-reading Beloved by Toni Morrison and Becoming Kin by Patty Krawec!
#books #reading #bookrecs #Indigenous #Native #Lumbee
#KKK thought #NativeAmericans a "mongrel race" and opposed intermarriage, and burnt a cross on a #Lumbee woman's lawn. Their rally #ThisDayInHistory in 1958 attracted less than 100 #WhiteSupremacists, while 500 armed Lumbee showed up & opened fire, winning the #BattleOfHayesPond.
#January18, 1956 the Lumbee tribe defeated the Ku Klux Klan at the Battle of Hayes Pond #Lumbee woodstockwhisperer.info/2019/01/18/l...
Native Lumbee fighting Ku Klux Klansmen hand-to-hand during the Battle of Maxton Field. By State Archives of North Carolina - https://www.flickr.com/photos/north-carolina-state-archives/8224422682/, No restrictions, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=54992495
Today in #LaborHistory 1/18/1958: Armed fight btwn #KKK & #Lumbee #Indians at #Klan rally in Maxton, an #indigenous town in #NorthCarolina. Lumbee fired into crowd, forced Klan to flee. #Police arrested several #KKK & charged them with inciting a #riot.
#workingclass #racism #whitesupremacy #fascism
This is incredibly important for the #Lumbee tribe in #NorthCarolina. Congratulations on getting the federal recognition you deserve! www.npr.org/2025/12/20/g...
After 137 years, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has won it's long-fought battle for federal recognition.
#resist #Lumbee #tribal #nation #northamerica #northcarolina #fedgov
The #Lumbee Tribe has 55,000 members in and near Robeson County. The law makes them eligible for federal benefits including support for housing, education and health care.
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📌 Tucked into the must-pass National Defense Authorization Act was the Lumbee Fairness Act, making the Lumbee the 575th recognized tribe in the United States.
The tribe is now eligible for government benefits, health-care assistance and, potentially, a casino. #Lumbee #tribe #recognition
Journalists & pundits from outside our community often flatten Lumbees into political caricatures & cultural stereotypes. But NoiseCat’s broad knowledge of Indian Country & time spent *with* us before writing *about* us translate into insightful reporting here and in his written work. 2/2
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nach 100-jährigem #Engagement wurden die #Lumbee in #Northcarolina bundesstaatlich #anerkannt
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Congratulations!!! to the #Lumbee #Tribe of #NorthCarolina seen here celebrating the passage of a bill granting their people federal recognition.
The tribe will become one of the largest tribal nations in the country, with about 60,000 members.
#Indigenous #history
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Congratulations to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina on receiving federal recognition at long last! #lumbee #lumbeetribeofnc
I'm so incredibly happy for my tribe today. 💛🖤❤️🤍
I wish my grandparents were here to witness it.
#lumbee #lumbeetribe
Lumbee Tribe of NC is now Federally recognized! #Lumbee #nativeAmerican
Top 5 Stories of the Week:
1️⃣ Breaking: Final Defense Legislation Grants Federal Recognition to #Lumbee Tribe
#Cherokee chief opposes possible #Lumbee federal recognition via defense bill. The defense bill has passed in the Senate but not in the House, which plans to vote this week, ABC 8News reported.
⚡️ New Paper ⚡️
“Indigenous invisibility: Gaps in education about Indigenous peoples among environmental decision-makers” led by Dr. Brittany Hunt (Virginia Tech).
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #EnvironmentalJustice #Lumbee #geosky 🌎
Dr. Seth Grooms is an Indigenous archaeology professor whose research puts community first. Check out his recent presentation for the NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources on the eve of the state's annual American Indian Heritage Celebration.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB7_... #Lumbee
TRUE STORY! READ A powerful look at hunger, resilience, and history through the eyes of a Native American family in 1950s North Carolina. Discover how one simple sweet potato became a lifeline. #SNAP #foodstamps #lumbee #coharie #nativeamericanhistory
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The Lumbee Tribe stood forward with near total support from U.S. leaders, including President Donald Trump, who made it his Native American #Heritage month priority to usher along federal tribal sovereignty that the #Lumbee have sought since at least Civil War-reconstruction.
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The Indian Affairs committee is debating the Lumbee Fairness Act. It's a clash over process and precedent.
Should one group have different rules than others? How does this matter for the federal recognition system?
mrw1zard.substack.com/p/rules-are-...
#Lumbee #FederalRecognition #IndianCountry
With 60,000 members, the #Lumbee Tribe is the largest tribe east of the Mississippi River and the ninth largest in the country. But other tribes, including the Eastern Band of Cherokees, question their legitimacy.
Arlinda F Locklear was the first Native American Woman to argue a case successfully before the United States Supreme Court (1983) #Lumbee
Congrats to my friend & colleague Nancy Strickland Chavis for receiving the William Collins Smith Auburn Award for Advancing American Art! Nancy leads the Museum of the SE American Indian at UNC Pembroke & curated a major exhibit last year @ NC Art Museum. 👇🏽👏🏽
jcsm.auburn.edu/auburn-museu... #Lumbee
