The Lumbee-Cheraw is the largest tribe of federally unrecognized Native Americans east of the Mississippi River! There are Native Americans in your classroom and you probably don’t even know it! Forget the stereotype of what you have been conditioned to believe a Native American should look like, it is false. (Click to Be Linked to Help Dispel the Stereotypes!)
Consider this, as with any other population of people, there are different characteristics that make people individually unique. Why should Native Americans be any different? They are not; we may have different hair types (straight, curly, wavy, blonde, black, brown, red, etc.). Our skin tones also vary in color fair to dark as well as our eye color (brown, black, blue, green, hazel). Many of us have European names, due to assimilation and our various tribal and family heritages. Although we are readily identified as people of color it is difficult for some teachers to identify us as Native Americans due to stereotypes and the unfortunate belief that American Indians are artifacts of the past. We are not artifacts we are members of this democracy and are contributing individuals to this great society.
Native
Americans Here In North Carolina That Are Leaders and Achievers!
Dr. Zoe W. Locklear, Lumbee-Cheraw, Associate Superintendent, Leadership Development and Special Services with the NC Department of Public Instruction
Rosa Winfree, Lumbee-Cheraw Tribal Representative for District 16, President of the Board of Directors for Catching the Dream
Jana Sampson, Lumbee-Cheraw singer, Native American Music Award (NAMMY’s) 2001-2002 Winner
Lorna McNeill, former Miss North Carolina, visit her website
To
Find Out More About Native Americans Here In North Carolina These Are Invaluable
Links:
· North Carolina Commission of Indian Affairs Web Site
· Official web site of the of the Lumbee-Cheraw tribe
· LRDA's Lumbee Pathways website has excellent sources and information
· Glenn Ellen Starr Stilling's The Lumbee Indians: An Annotated Bibliography Supplement website has a pretty comprehensive source of information about the Lumbee Indians
· Please visit the Lumbee River Fund Site concerning collecting and documenting Lumbee History
· Malinda Maynor's Site about Lumbee History and its relation to Faith- Sounds of Faith
· NC State's Article about Lumbee Indians search for cultural recognition on campus, in nation
· Metrolina Native American Association
· Official homepage of the Waccamaw-Siouan Tribe
· Official homepage of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
· North Carolina Towncreek Indian Mound
· UNC-Pembroke's Native American Resource Center's Web Page- it is like a mini tour!
· Native American Fact Page from the North Carolina Commission on Indian Affairs, specifically the information for elementary school students is of interest.
Excellent
Links To Learn More About Native Americans· National Museum of the American Indian Web Page and their very rich and extensive Links Page
· This is a webquest on Native Americans sponsored by the Carnegie Museum
Resources
for Teachers in Teaching Native American Students and These Same Suggestions
Are Good Teaching Practices For All Students· Here is an Excellent Source from North Carolina’s State Advisory Council on Indian Education Pathways to the 21st Century
· North Carolina Department of Public Instruction’s 2000 Closing the Gap Conference Session: American Indian Students - Surviving in a High School That Works-a K-12 Effort
· North Carolina Department of Public Instruction’s 2000 Closing the Gap Conference Session: Indians of North Carolina: A View from the Shore
Links
that Inform About Native American History: What You Were Never Taught· Profit, Power, & Privilege: The Racial Politics of Ancestry
Native
American Audio Links· Listen to Native Radio at Native American Public Telecommunications
· Listen to Samples of Jana's Music at CDNOW
· Listen to Storytelling of the North Carolina Native Americans a project by Bryan Acree, John Ikeda, and Marcela Musgrove
· More Music Audio Links at Al Intra's Native American Web-Sites+ and her comprehensive page of Native American musicians (note there are some Non-Native musicians listed as well)
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