How many of yall have ever heard of my Native American culture (Lumbees)
2007-12-12 06:13:12 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
It's not really "Native American" because it is a mixed race culture that didn't exist before Europeans and other foreign peoples came or were brought to North America.
So how much do YOU really now?
2007-12-12 06:21:45 · answer #1 · answered by cosmo 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
That you are in southeast NC.
That you are not recognised by your government as a 1st nation even though the Congress said that you can call yourselves Indians if you want to (oh how nice of them!).
That you are descended from the Croatans(sp?) and other and some inland ndns and some English members of the "lost colony" at Roanoke and some blacks/mixed.
That's pretty much all that I know. I'm a husky btw :)
Edit: cosmo's answer shows a common prejudice that misses the fact that no one is "pure" anything. The Lumbee culture is as real as "American" culture.
"It's not really "Native American" because it is a mixed race culture that didn't exist before Europeans and other foreign peoples came or were brought to North America."
It's about culture not gene flow..
2007-12-12 06:26:58 · answer #2 · answered by ♥ ~Sigy the Arctic Kitty~♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Enough to know that it should only be Lumbee.
The Lumbee are a Native American tribe of North Carolina, though their origins are disputed. While Lumbees today identify ethnically as Indians, according to documentary sources they are in origin a mixture of European American, African-American, and Native American. The name "Lumbee" derives from that of the Lumber River (or Lumbee River) that winds through Robeson County.
The first recorded reference as to the origins of the present-day Lumbee population was made in a petition by 36 white Robeson County residents in 1840, in which they described ancestors of the Lumbee as being a "free colored" population that migrated originally from the districts round-about the Roanoke and Neuse Rivers (Sider's "Living Indian Histories" page 173). The first attempt at assigning any specific tribal designation to them was made in 1867 when, under investigation by Lieutenant Birney of the Freedmen's Bureau for the murder of several Lumbee ancestors, pastors Coble and McKinnon wrote a letter claiming descent of the Lowry gang from Tuscarora: "They are said to be descended from the Tuscarora Indians. They have always claimed to be Indian & disdained the idea that they are in any way connected with the African race."
2007-12-12 06:19:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have. Heather Lockear is a Lumbee
2007-12-12 06:17:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope.
Question back to you. How many of you all know what 's happening in my home town? (Burma)
I think our questions are similar.
Burma's military government killed thousands of Buddhist monks and its own civilians. Just to obtain his evil and brutal power. He has been ruling Burma for 19 years.
Does anyone know about Burma?? NO!!!
The world ignores Burma and left there alone for years.
www.badasf.org
2007-12-12 07:03:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
never really heard of it unfortunately, although i am part native american myself (my great grandmother was pure native american with a splash of irish) i am not quite sure what was the name of our tribe either.
2007-12-13 04:28:21 · answer #6 · answered by Cutie Pie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You mean the Roanoke descendents I believe.
2007-12-12 06:28:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've heard of it. what do you know about my culture. Irish
2007-12-12 06:18:21 · answer #8 · answered by Carl R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am afraid I haven't.
2007-12-12 06:53:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
not me sounds african though
2007-12-12 06:15:39 · answer #10 · answered by Me 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋