Lumbee Indians in the Jim Crow South: Race, Identity, and the Making of a Nation literary criticism In this groundbreaking work of

In this groundbreaking work of science

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Indigenous-led opposition to the enslavement and exploitation of the land and water

These haunting documents present a history that has long been unrecognized in this country

Lumbee Indians in the Jim Crow South: Race, Identity, and the Making of a Nation literary criticism In this groundbreaking work ofWith more than 50,000 enrolled members, North Carolina's Lumbee Indians are the largest Native American tribe east of the Mississippi River. Malinda Maynor Lowery, a Lumbee herself, describes how, between Reconstruction and the 1950s, the Lumbee crafted and maintained a distinct identity in an era defined by racial segregation in the South and paternalistic policies for Indians throughout the nation. They did so against the backdrop of some of the