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35064
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Two riddles passed down from the author’s grandmother, with Native American origins.
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34969
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Joyce Locklear, a member of the Coharie tribe of North Carolina, has acted as a cultural and educational liaison for the Coharie communities for almost 40 years. During her tenure, she taught classes of tribal crafting, visited congressman, and held dance competitions as ways to get tribal youth interested in their heritage.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 85 Issue 6, November 2017, p74-77, il, por Periodical Website
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21198
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This article examines the ways in which Native Americans have directly shaped North Carolina history focusing on four distinct roles that they have played: Native Americans as independent nations, as defeated adversaries, as invisible men, and as emerging communities.
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24802
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In the summer of 1946, Franklin, North Carolina residents came together to save the sacred Cherokee “Mother Town” of Nikwasi, located in Franklin. History student, Nathaniel F. Holly agrues that although the Franklinites relied on their ideas of the “vanishing Indian” as support for their cause, ultimately, their efforts assisted with the disappearance of these Amerindians. However, the Cherokee Indians never disappeared from the Franklin area and their presence now forces Franklinites to consider the irony of this preservation effort.