“Most Indians Are on Government Welfare”

Henry Mihesuah spoke at length about his life to his daughter-in-law

this groundbreaking anthology features twenty-four contributors who utilize creative and critical approaches to propose that this people’s stories carry dynamic answers to questions posed within Anishinaabeg communities

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Lumbee Indians in the Jim Crow South: Race, Identity, and the Making of a Nation Choctaw “Most Indians Are on GovernmentWith more than 50,000 enrolled members, North Carolina's Lumbee Indians are the largest Native American tribe east of the Mississippi River. Malinda Maynor Lowery, a Lumbee herself, describes how, between Reconstruction and the 1950s, the Lumbee crafted and maintained a distinct identity in an era defined by racial segregation in the South and paternalistic policies for Indians throughout the nation. They did so against the backdrop of some of the