Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a Native American people of southeast North Carolina.
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Examples
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I believe there was a statute, state or federal, that first used the term Lumbee and then another statute, state or federal, that used the Lumbee.
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The Lumbee is among the nation's largest tribes and, some believe, the yield of an amalgam of Indians and the Lost Colony of Sir Walter
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Tuscaroras who were concerned that one of the problems that afflicted them was the name Lumbee for various reasons.
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While the word "Lumbee" is not found in the Hand Book (the Lumber River was anciently called the Lumbee) it is probably of the same origin.
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A modern Indian tribe in North Carolina known as the Lumbee claims that the Roanoke colonists intermarried with Native Americans and became their ancestors.
Sabotaged Margaret Peterson Haddix 2010
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Sugarman referred to the Lumbee, a Native American group taking its name from the Lumber River.
Spider Bones Kathy Reichs 2010
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The law also blocks the BIA from recognizing the Lumbee, which is why the tribe has to petition
Fore, right! 2010
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The law also blocks the BIA from recognizing the Lumbee, which is why the tribe has to petition
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The law also blocks the BIA from recognizing the Lumbee, which is why the tribe has to petition
SFGate: Top News Stories By TOM BREEN 2010
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Shame on politician Ronnie Sutton, shame on the non-profit group called Lumbee and shame on the non-profit group called American Indian Mothers.
unknown title 2009
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