1. Lumbee - Noun
2. Lumbee - Proper noun
Lumbee (plural Lumbees or Lumbee)
A member of a certain Native American tribe or group of North Carolina.
Lumbee
The dialect (of English) spoken by the Lumbee people.
From left, Malinda Maynor Lowery, Vivian Howard, Raymond Cummings and Betsy Cummings prep collard greens to make Lumbee collard sandwiches at the Cummings’ home in Pembroke. Source: Internet
Gerald M. Sider states that rather than challenging this ruling, "The Lumbee subsequently removed their petition from active consideration by the BIA in a way that also prevented the Tuscarora petitions from being considered." Source: Internet
As soon as it was possible to safely access the floodwaters, the team took 96 samples of floodwater from the Neuse, Cape Fear, Lumbee and Waccamaw watersheds in North Carolina. Source: Internet
Chief Judge Joshua Malcom, of the Lumbee Tribe Supreme Court, swore in Chavis via the internet. Source: Internet
In fact the Lumbee were the third largest American Indian "tribe" in the city, with only the 193 Chippewa outnumbering them. Source: Internet
Sider, Gerald M. Living Indian Histories: Lumbee and Tuscarora People in North Carolina, UNC Press, 2003, Preface; xiv In 2006 the Skaroreh Katenuaka Nation, "AKA: Tuscarora Nation of Indians of North Carolina", filed a federal lawsuit for recognition. Source: Internet