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The Only Land I Know: A History of the Lumbee Indians » (1st Syracuse University Press ed)

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Authors: L. Adolph Dial, Adolph L. Dial, David K. Eliades
ISBN-13: 9780815603603, ISBN-10: 0815603606
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Date Published: October 1995
Edition: 1st Syracuse University Press ed

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Author Biography: L. Adolph Dial

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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Preface
Introduction
A People of Traditions1
The Lumbee Indians and the Lost Colony2
English-speaking Indians5
"Lost Colony" Survivors8
Records of History10
Lumbee and Cherokee14
Lumbee and Eastern Sioux16
Lumbee and Tuscarora21
From Liberty to Repression27
The Clash of Arms33
The Triumph of Injustice37
A Time of Troubles43
The Lowrie War45
Conflict Grows47
A Nightmare of Violence50
The Terror Continues54
The Lowrie Band58
Guerrilla War68
Mystery of Henry Berry Lowrie83
Out of Darkness89
The Struggle for Education91
Lumbee Schools99
Pembroke State University102
Lumbee Religions106
Old Times Not Forgotten119
Folklore and Storytellers121
Socio-Economic Activities127
A People of Hope141
Lumbees in Politics143
Business and Agriculture146
City Indians155
The Ku Klux Klan158
Militancy in Lumbee Country162
"Old Main" Burns165
Today and Tomorrow170
Selected Bibliography175
App. (A) List of "Lost Colonists"181
App. (B) Notable Legislation182
App. (C) Lumbees in National Affairs187
App. (D) Lumbees in Elective Office188

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