Lumbee tribe

Participants at the Baltimore American Indian Center Pow Wow. The 47th Annual Pow Wow happens on Sat. Nov. 18 from 11am to 7pm at the Timonium Fairgrounds. Photo: provided by BAIC

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Everyone is welcome at the Baltimore American Indian Center Pow Wow

Sheilah Kast

"First Sliding Board Ever" Young Stanton Lewis (Lumbee) holds onto the sliding board at the community daycare led by Vera Shank, a Quaker woman, and mothers of the American Indian community, in Dec. 1968. This daycare was housed in the catholic church at E. Baltimore and Washington Streets. The image is part of the online exhibit: “Safety in Numbers: Portraits of East Baltimore’s 'Reservation'" Photo: Courtesy Mary Helen Lewis

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“Safety in Numbers: Portraits of East Baltimore’s "Reservation"

Sheilah Kast

Artist and historian Ashley Minner Jones has been documenting for years the Lumbee American Indian community’s migration to Baltimore, and its impact. Now she, with Stanton Lewis and Tiffany Chavis, have curated a series of portraits that highlight the neighbors who have carried on tradition, culture, and more.

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Passing Down The Lumbee Tradition Of Chicken And Pastry

Maureen Harvie

After World War II hundreds of members of the Lumbee Native American community relocated from North Carolina to Southeast Baltimore, in search of work.…

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“An Absence That Marks A Presence”: Mapping Baltimore's Historic Lumbee Community

Sheilah Kast

60 years ago so many members of the Lumbee Indian Tribe migrated from North Carolina to East Baltimore, that the area was known as “the reservation.”…

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100 S Broadway, part 1

Aaron Henkin

Baltimore became a second home to members of North Carolina’s Lumbee tribe when they immigrated to the city after World War II, trading in farm work for…