The Only Land I Know: A History of the Lumbee Indians

by Dial, L. Adolph

• ISBN13: 9780815603603
• ISBN10: 0815603606
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-02-01
• Publisher: Syracuse Univ Pr
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Author Biography

Adolph L. Dial is professor emeritus of history at Pembroke State University.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Preface
Introduction
A People of Traditions	p. 1
The Lumbee Indians and the Lost Colony	p. 2
English-speaking Indians	p. 5
"Lost Colony" Survivors	p. 8
Records of History	p. 10
Lumbee and Cherokee	p. 14
Lumbee and Eastern Sioux	p. 16
Lumbee and Tuscarora	p. 21
From Liberty to Repression	p. 27
The Clash of Arms	p. 33
The Triumph of Injustice	p. 37
A Time of Troubles	p. 43
The Lowrie War	p. 45
Conflict Grows	p. 47
A Nightmare of Violence	p. 50
The Terror Continues	p. 54
The Lowrie Band	p. 58
Guerrilla War	p. 68
Mystery of Henry Berry Lowrie	p. 83
Out of Darkness	p. 89
The Struggle for Education	p. 91
Lumbee Schools	p. 99
Pembroke State University	p. 102
Lumbee Religions	p. 106
Old Times Not Forgotten	p. 119
Folklore and Storytellers	p. 121
Socio-Economic Activities	p. 127
A People of Hope	p. 141
Lumbees in Politics	p. 143
Business and Agriculture	p. 146
City Indians	p. 155
The Ku Klux Klan	p. 158
Militancy in Lumbee Country	p. 162
"Old Main" Burns	p. 165
Today and Tomorrow	p. 170
Selected Bibliography	p. 175
App. (A) List of "Lost Colonists"	p. 181
App. (B) Notable Legislation	p. 182
App. (C) Lumbees in National Affairs	p. 187
App. (D) Lumbees in Elective Office	p. 188
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