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In 1934, the future Lumbee revived their claim to Cherokee identity, joining the National Congress of American Indians under the name, "Cherokee Indians of Robeson County." [ citation needed ] Swanton speculated that the group were more likely descended in part from Cheraw and other eastern Siouan tribes, as these were the predominant Native ...
The Lumbee Tribe is committed to protect and support the tribal youth through their growth into becoming contributing members of the community. Programs offered include: Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina Boys and Girl Club (located at multiple locations within Robeson County) Cultural Enrichment Classes; Tobacco Prevention & Cessation Program
This is a list of notable Lumbee people, including members of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. List. Dean Chavers, Ph.D., ...
Many of the surnames included were that of surviving Croatan Indians. [11] Late twentieth-century research has demonstrated that among surnames established as Lumbee ancestors were numerous mixed-race African Americans free in Virginia before the American Revolution and their descendants who migrated to Virginia and North Carolina frontiers in ...
Melungeon, Lumbee Indians, Beaver Creek Indians, Redbones of Louisiana and Texas The Brass Ankles of South Carolina , also referred to as Croatan , lived in the swamp areas of Goose Creek, South Carolina and Holly Hill, South Carolina (Crane Pond) in order to escape the harshness of racism and the Indian Removal Act .
The Catawba Indian Nation is now a federally recognized tribe in South Carolina. [15] [16] Today, two state-recognized tribes, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina of Robeson County, North Carolina, and the Sumter Tribe of Cheraw Indians in Sumter County, South Carolina, [15] claim descent from the Cheraw.
This is a category of historical and contemporary people who are members of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. For people who are not members of the Lumbee Tribe but identify as being of Lumbee descent, see Category:People of Lumbee descent .
The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has for years sought federal recognition as a Native American group, and President Donald Trump is pushing for them to have it. Trump on Thursday signed an ...