Wide Angle: Episode 47 - Lumbee Indians and the Wider Native American Experience Pt. 1

[@barefoot3662]

I am here because I have a lumbee friend here in south carolina

[@1111go]

I was born in Hamlet N.C. and my Daddy's Uncle (My Great Uncle) was married to a Lumbee. They raised tobacco in Fayetteville N.C... She had about 12 kids , cooked on a woodfired stove and her Sunday dinner's were legendary.. Fresh killed chicken ( I watched her ring there necks and cook them). Also the "Clan" came to Rockingham and burned a "Cross" near the airport there around 1958. I really enjoyed this program. Thank-you Mrs Lowery for your hard work on the Lumbee history !!!

[@jkelly2478]

I am a white man whose father was a missionary, social worker and anthropology teacher who lived in Clinton & Smithfield NC in the 60s. I hung out extensively with Lumbees as a boy around a potbelly stove in a Locklear house. Especially living in Clinton, our family was shunned for this association. Having studied these Indian origins and having as a high school freshman walked the cornfields examining relics, tobacco pipes, pottery, spearheads, etc., I have concluded that these dear folks are a mixture of Tuscarora, Croatan, Scotch, African American and a whole bunch of others (like blue-eyed English Roanoke survivors). I do not believe these dear folks have a common tribal heritage. They do, however, have a strong and beautiful culture.

[@capefearcapt4679]

The Lumbee are of tri-racial ancestry most being a primary mix of Northern-European and African. DNA tests are proving this. Lumbee have an average of 2-3% NA DNA. The simple fact is that most are bi-racial. The Lumbee, Pee Dee, Waccamaw, Cheraw, Saponi, etc., are descended from tri-racial isolates.

[@lumbeewarrior5664]

Bet you hate lumbee don't you fuck wit?

[@lumbeewarrior5664]

We protected everyone and took them back in now we're not native because you think you know better than the people that make our people!

[@lumbeewarrior5664]

Meet me I would show you why you don't speak on what you don't know my DNA shows more than half of this land and my dad's Jewish! So don't make fake claims. Your living on my peoples land so be careful! We might not save you!

[@alivewell2920]

@@lumbeewarrior5664 What does your dad you claim is claiming to be Jewish have to do with anything?

[@leebegay9088]

No one is pure anything, we are mixed now. You will become one of us.

[@lumbeewarrior5664]

Yep we did and then treated like shit by what is now known as America! Still treated like that btw recognize the lum!

[@deeelle697]

There’s always a Caucasian centering themselves in these stories…for NO reason