Part i:Introduction; Part ii: Theories of Lumbee Origins; Part iii: Discrimination and Injustice in the Nineteenth Century; Part iv: Lumbee Pursuit of Education, Civil Rights, and Self-Governance; Part v: The Fight for Federal Recognition; Part vi: Lumbee Language and Culture; Part vii: References
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Dial, Adolph L. The Lumbee. 1993.
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"Governor Stein Celebrates Decision That Extends Federal Recognition to Lumbee Tribe." North Carolina Office of the Governor. December 18, 2025.
Knick, Stanley The Lumbee in Context: Toward an Understanding. 2000.
Lowery, Malinda Maynor. The Lumbee Indians : an American Struggle. The University of North Carolina Press, 2018.
Sider, Gerald M. Living Indian Histories: Lumbee and Tuscarora People in North Carolina. 2003.
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The Associated Press. "Senate passes $901 billion defense bill that pushes Hegseth for boat strike video." NPR. December 17, 2025.
Wolfram, Walt, et al. Fine in the World: Lumbee Language in Time and Place. 2002.
Wright, Kristin. "North Carolina's Lumbee Tribe receives full federal recognition after 137-year effort." NPR. December 20, 2025.
Additional Resources:
Elliott, Walker. “‘I Told Him I’d Never Been to His Back Door for Nothing’: The Lumbee Indian Struggle for Higher Education under Jim Crow.” The North Carolina Historical Review 90, no. 1 (2013): 49–87. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23523657.