| Description |
xix, 304 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"As the largest tribe east of the Mississippi and the ninth largest in the country, the Lumbees have survived in their original homelands, maintaining a distinct identity as Indians in a bi-racial South. In a work both concise and expansive, Lumbee historian Malinda Maynor Lowery tells this story of survival with a breakthrough approach to rigorous scholarship and personal storytelling. The Lumbees' journey sheds new light on America's defining moments, from the first encounters with Europeans to the present day. How and why did the Lumbees fight to establish and resist the United States? How have they not just survived, but thrived, through Civil War, Jim Crow, the Civil Rights movement, and the War on Drugs, to ultimately establish their own constitutional government in the twenty-first century? Their fight for full federal acknowledgement continues to this day, while the Lumbee people's struggle for justice and determination continues to transform our view of the American experience"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
We have always been a free people : encountering Europeans -- Disposed to fight to their death : independence -- In defiance of all laws : removal and insurrection -- The justice to which we are entitled : segregation and assimilation -- Integration or disintegration : civil rights and red power -- They can kill me, but they can't eat me : the drug war -- A creative state, not a welfare state : creating a constitution. |
| Subject |
Indians of North America. (OCoLC)fst00969633
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North Carolina. (OCoLC)fst01204304
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Lumbee Indians -- North Carolina -- History.
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Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. (OCoLC)fst00793162
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| Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- North Carolina.
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| Subject |
Lumbee Indians. (OCoLC)fst01003494
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Indians of North America -- North Carolina.
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Subject |
Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina.
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| ISBN |
9781469646374 (hardcover ;) (alkaline paper) |
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1469646374 (hardcover ;) (alkaline paper) |
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9781469646381 (electronic book) |
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