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Lumbee River is our home, the source of the Lumbee Indians' sustenance
and strength as a people. We pay tribute to it by preserving the history
it has witnessed and the culture it has nourished.
The Lumbee River Fund
is a resource for Lumbees from all walks of life to tell history as they
remember it. There is not one Lumbee story, but many stories. We can document
a history that is faithful to that diversity and yet honors the relationships
to family and home that we all share.
LATEST NEWS
Native
American Health and Heritage Festival, November 13, 2003 at UNC Pembroke
Spring
2003 Update (PDF - requires the free Adobe
Acrobat Reader)
October 2002 Update
- October 2002 was
the two-year anniversary of the Lumbee River Fund, and in that time
I am proud to list the following accomplishments. We have:
- collected over
500 photographs and 60 hours of oral histories, from dozens of individuals;
- built comprehensive,
searchable databases of oral history tapes and photographs;
- hosted five
public photo exhibits, six workshops, two classroom projects, one
panel discussion, and one traditional artist exhibit;
- created a network
of 35 volunteers, located in communities across Robeson County;
they range in age from 24 to 85, in occupation from pastor to gas
station owner to schoolteacher to office assistant. The network
includes artists, scholars, musicians, politicians, educators and
many others;
- assembled a
mailing list of 1,300 individuals;
- created a website
that continues to provide the Indian community and scholars all
over the country with information about our activities and resources
(www.uncp.edu/lumbeeriverfund);
- enhanced our
endowment: From its original grant of $15,000 in August, 2000, our
endowment has grown to over $25,000 through the generosity of individual
donors. The equipment resources and space available to the project
have been donated by individuals and community institutions, and
the bulk of our project work has been completed with small grants,
generous donations of necessary items, and the interest revenue
from our endowment.
- Special thanks
are due to so many of you for supporting and conducting this work. I
want to especially mention Jeff Currie, Chad Locklear, Charlie Thompson,
Bruce Barton, James Moore, Waltz Maynor, Glen Burnette, Jo Humphreys,
Louise Maynor, Angel Clark, Mary Sue Locklear, and Hatty Miller. Thank
you all for helping us to accomplish these goals.
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