Category Archives: Lumbee

A Report of Research on Lumbee Origins by Robert K. Thomas – Part 5 – Waccamaw Theory

Posted on July 23, 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 4 – Tuscarora Theory

Posted on July 21, 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 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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A Report of Research of Lumbee Origins by Robert K. Thomas

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Roberta Estes

Robert K. Thomas was hired by the Lumbee Regional Development Association, apparently in the 1970s.  The report was completed sometime after 1976.  It is not readily available.  In June of 2012, I visited the Wilson Library in Chapel Hill and photographed … Continue reading →

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Hamilton McMillan’s List

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Roberta Estes

Hamilton McMillan wrote a book in 1888 titled “The Lost Colony”.  Mr. McMillan spent his entire career as an advocate for the Lumbee, then called variously the Croatan Indians, Cherokee and the Indians of Robeson County.  His achievement which probably … Continue reading →

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Hatteras Indians in New Bern, NC???

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Roberta Estes

In his paper, “Cherokee Communities of the South”, written in 1978 and published a year later, Robert Thomas analyzes and discussed the various groups of people of Native ancestry in the Eastern US who are not part of the official Cherokee tribe, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cherokee, Hatteras, Lumbee, Melungeon, North Carolina | 4 Comments