Living Indian Histories: Lumbee and Tuscarora People in North CarolinaWith more than 40,000 registered members, the Lumbee Indians are the ninth largest tribe in the United States and the largest east of the Mississippi River. Yet, despite the tribe's size, the Lumbee lack full federal recognition and their history has been |
Contents
Within and against history | 3 |
Toward and past recognition | 17 |
Elements of the known Human dignity the politics of accommodation and the landscape of confrontation | 29 |
The embers of hope | 51 |
Challenges to respect | 53 |
The fires of race | 69 |
The embers of Hope Inc | 91 |
Root hog or die | 111 |
Henry Berry Lowery lives forever | 157 |
Now our inmates Colonial formations and formations heritage | 177 |
Six pounds of paint to encourage the Indians The origins of native vulnerability | 181 |
Distinguishing the headmen The history of local histories | 212 |
This isnt Burger King vs 31 pages of unalphabetized Locklears | 247 |
Living Indian history | 279 |
Sources and perspectives | 288 |
Index | 305 |
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Page liii - Act, all statutes of the United States which affect Indians because of their status as Indians shall no longer be applicable to the members of the tribe, and the laws of the several States shall apply to the tribe and its members in the same manner as they apply to other citizens or persons within their jurisdiction.