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Native Americans in North Carolina

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, First American Indian Dean and First Associate Superintendent ofLeadership Development and Special Services with the NC Department of Public Instruction. Currently Chair of the North Carolina State Advisory Council on Indian Education

Dr. Malinda Maynor Lowery, (please click on link for her bio) Assistant Professor of History at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Rosa Winfree, Lumbee-Cheraw, is an educator and is a leader who has served as chair of the Lumbee Tribal Council, the board of directors for Catching the Dream National Indian Scholarship Fund, the North Carolina Indian Cultural Center, and founded the American Indian Women Inc.

Jana Sampson, Lumbee-Cheraw singer, Multiple Native American Music Award (NAMMY’s) Winner

Lorna McNeill Ricotta, former Miss North Carolina, now on the Board of Trustees for the University of North Carolina at Pembroke visit the alpha pi omega sorority 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

·        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!

·        American Indian Resources 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 an online project concerning American Indians 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 that displays recent and past reports

·        North Carolina Department of Public Instruction's Family and Community Engagement

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

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