Monthly Archives: December 2013

The Day the KKK Visited the Lumbee

Posted on December 28, 2013 by Roberta Estes

Some days, thing just don’t go as you have planned. That’s exactly what happened to one James “Catfish” Cole, the Grand Dragon of the KKK in South Carolina in January 1958. Cole, having just embarrassed himself in late 1957 in … Continue reading →

Posted in Lumbee | 4 Comments

Native Americans, Neanderthal and Denisova Admixture

Posted on December 26, 2013 by Roberta Estes

Recently, a Neanderthal toe bone yielded enough DNA to sequence the full genome of the woman whose remains were found in the Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains, shown above. This information was published in the Journal Nature in an … Continue reading →

Posted in Archaic Indians, Denisova, Karitiana, Mixe, Neanderthal | 3 Comments

The Cherokee Mother of John Red Bank Payne

Posted on December 23, 2013 by Roberta Estes

There is nothing I love more than a happy ending. Second to that perhaps is to know that my blog or work helped someone, and in particularly, helped someone document their Native heritage. In doing so, this confirms and unveils … Continue reading →

Posted in Cherokee, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia | 15 Comments

Purported Gravestone of Ananias Dare Found

Posted on December 21, 2013 by Roberta Estes

One great thing about publishing stories about historical items is that often, they encourage other people with additional information to come forth. That’s what happened recently when I published a series of stories about the Dare Stones supposedly related to Sir … Continue reading →

Posted in Lost Colony, North Carolina, Virginia | 9 Comments

The Code Talkers

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Roberta Estes

The term Code Talkers is associated with the United States soldiers during the world wars who used their knowledge of Native-American languages as a basis to transmit coded messages. In particular, there were approximately 400-500 Native Americans in the United … Continue reading →

Posted in Cherokee, Choctaw, Comanche, Lakota, Navajo | 3 Comments

The Lost Colony and Pelzer, SC

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Roberta Estes

The Community of Pelzer Historical Society (CPHS) has graciously allowed us to reprint an article that appeared on their website in January of 2010. Please take a few minutes to visit their website at http://www.historicpelzer.org and if you’d like more … Continue reading →

Posted in Croatoan, Keyauwee, Lost Colony, Lumbee | 5 Comments

Video Interview with Sitting Bull’s Great-Grandson

Posted on December 15, 2013 by Roberta Estes

It was 123 years ago today, December 15, 1890, that Sitting Bull (shown above in 1885) was killed by Indian agency police on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation during an attempt to arrest him for supporting the Ghost Dance movement. … Continue reading →

Posted in Lakota | 6 Comments

The Lost Rocks by David La Vere

Posted on December 14, 2013 by Roberta Estes

“The Lost Rocks” is a book written by David La Vere about the Dare Stones. David teaches American Indian History at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. His book is available at major online bookstores, as well as in … Continue reading →

Posted in Cherokee, Croatoan, Georgia, Lost Colony, North Carolina, South Carolina | 2 Comments

The Inglis Fletcher Dare Stone Letter

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Roberta Estes

Baylus Brooks, in his search for historical information having to do with the Lost Colonists happened across a letter to Inglis Fletcher. This letter was donated to ECU as part of the Inglis Fletcher Papers upon her death by her … Continue reading →

Posted in Georgia, Lost Colony, North Carolina | 2 Comments

The Dare Stones, 1 Through 48

Posted on December 8, 2013 by Roberta Estes

The Dare Stones are a series of forty-eight rocks chiseled with messages purporting to be from Eleanor White Dare providing information about the survivors of Sir Walter Raleigh’s Lost Colony who disappeared from Roanoke Island between 1587 and 1590. The stones, discovered … Continue reading →