Monthly Archives: July 2012

White Buffalo Calf Born in Goshen, Connecticut

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Roberta Estes

A male white buffalo calf was born in Goshen, Connecticut last month.  Next week, the Lakota elders and about 2000 others will visit the farm to name the white calf in an elaborate ceremony.  You can see a video at this … Continue reading →

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A Report of Research on Lumbee Origins by Robert K. Thomas – Part 3 – Siouian Theory

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Roberta Estes

A continuation of Robert K. Thomas’s Report of Research on Lumbee Origins.  This was transcribed from a photocopy of an original report at the Wilson Library, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC in June of 2012.   Any comments I have will be … Continue reading →

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A Report of Research on Lumbee Origins by Robert K. Thomas – Part 2 – Cherokee Theory

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Roberta Estes

A continuation of Robert K. Thomas’s Report of Research on Lumbee Origins.  This was transcribed from a photocopy of an original report at the Wilson Library, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC in June of 2012.   Any comments I have will be … Continue reading →

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A Report of Research on Lumbee Origins by Robert K. Thomas – Part 1 – Lost Colony Theory

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Roberta Estes

This is the first in an 18 part series.  I have broken the original document into logical sections for publication on the blog.  This document was transcribed from a photocopy of an original report at the Wilson Library, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC … Continue reading →

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Cree Girl

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Roberta Estes

Sometimes these records give us mixed messages, which may turn out to be valuable hints. When working with the Carlisle Indian School student records, I found a record for Regina Cree Girl, an Assiniboine from Montana. This seemed somewhat confusing, … Continue reading →

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Dismountsthrice

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Roberta Estes

Some names just fascinate me.  Some are poetical, lyrical in their their beauty.  Others make me wonder as how they were acquired.  Dismountsthrice is one of those. In the Carlisle Indian School records, I found a record for Edward Dismountsthrice, a … Continue reading →

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De, Du, Des, Le, La and and sometimes Les

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Roberta Estes

Working with groups of names that span the entire country gives a wonderful general perspective, sort of from the 50,000 foot level, that you just don’t get by working with only one tribe.  Both the WWI draft registrations and the … Continue reading →

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Frank Speck’s Remnants of the Machapunga Indians

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Roberta Estes

Frank Speck, an anthropologist, visited Eastern North Carolina in 1916, hoping to discover some cultural remnant of the Indian tribes that once inhabited the entire coastal area.  He was to be disappointed.  He found no remnants of languages and little … Continue reading →

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Reconstructing the Origin of Native American Populations

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Roberta Estes

A new paper recently released discusses the origins of Native American populations.  Diekenes Anthropology Blog has been a great source for years now, and it looks like he may have obtained an advance copy of the paper.  He does a … Continue reading →

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Indian Slaves on the 1720 Currituck County, NC Tax List

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Roberta Estes

Old tax lists are often goldmines – unmined goldmines.  Also, often unpublished.  Fortunately, the Currituck County Genweb hostess has published these lists which have been extracted by volunteers.  Hat tip to Kay Lynn Sheppard for all of her work on the various eastern NC … Continue reading →

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