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H.R.L.
February 3, 2010, 11:42am
Despite the lack of direct genealogical proof; various Department of Interior representatives such as Charles F. Pierce (1912), O.M. McPherson (1914), Fred Baker (1935), and D'Arcy McNickle (1936); various Smithsonian Institute ethnologists such John Reed Swanton (1930s), Dr. William Sturtevant (1960s), and Dr. Samuel Stanley (1960s); in conjunction with Anthropologists such as Gerald Sider and Karen Blu; all acknowledge the Lumbee as a Native American people. In the first federal census of 1790, the ancestors of the Lumbee were enumerated as Free Persons of Color. The U.S. Census did not have an "American Indian" category for non-tribal Indians until 1870. I believe this group of native americans mixed with the europeans at one point in their history and some may have mix with other races over the years but the majority are native american. This group have claimed they were indian since the 1600's even when it was unpopular to do so.
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February 3, 2010, 11:42amDespite the lack of direct genealogical proof; various Department of Interior representatives such as Charles F. Pierce (1912), O.M. McPherson (1914), Fred Baker (1935), and D'Arcy McNickle (1936); various Smithsonian Institute ethnologists such John Reed Swanton (1930s), Dr. William Sturtevant (1960s), and Dr. Samuel Stanley (1960s); in conjunction with Anthropologists such as Gerald Sider and Karen Blu; all acknowledge the Lumbee as a Native American people. In the first federal census of 1790, the ancestors of the Lumbee were enumerated as Free Persons of Color. The U.S. Census did not have an "American Indian" category for non-tribal Indians until 1870. I believe this group of native americans mixed with the europeans at one point in their history and some may have mix with other races over the years but the majority are native american. This group have claimed they were indian since the 1600's even when it was unpopular to do so.