Record #:

44219

Author(s):

Liles, Lindsey

Abstract:

This article discusses the ways in which corn is significant to various indigenous tribes in North Carolina. Nancy Strickland Chavis, a member of the Lumbee tribe, kick-started a project in which she and a few others helped other tribes reclaim their corn that had once been lost to them.

Source:

Garden and Gun (NoCar AP 2 G247), Vol. 18 Issue 5, October-November 2024, p62-64, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Lumbee Indians--North Carolina--Green Corn Ceremony; UNC Pembroke--Museum of the Southeast American Indian; Ancestral Corn Reclaimation Project (Nancy Strickland Chavis); Corn

Record #:

44339

Author(s):

No author given

Abstract:

The author notes a remarkable thing about Wilmington is its relationship to the sea. It is also clams many James Beard Award semifinalists and finalists such as Sunny Gerhart and Keith Rhodes.

Source:

Garden and Gun (NoCar AP 2 G247), Vol. 19 Issue 1, February-March 2025, p64, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Wilmington--Description and travel

Record #:

44390

Author(s):

Lotz Diego, C.J.

Abstract:

"For generations, a North Carolina family has propagated long lines of lilies and lotuses on the edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains." Niki Gibson has run the Perry's Water Gardens Nursery in the Cowee Valley near Franklin since 2010. Her grandfather Perry D. Slocum, a past president of the International Water Lily Society, left medical school to chase his botanical interests. His book, "Waterlilies and Lotuses" was published in 1996.

Source:

Garden and Gun (NoCar AP 2 G247), Vol. 19 Issue 2, April-May 2025, p138-143, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Aquatic flowers--Production--Blue ridge Mountains; Slocum, Perry (aquatic flowers)

Record #:

44391

Author(s):

Liles, Lindsey

Abstract:

Wildlife biologist Joe Madison tracks the red wolf population in the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge. The Tuscarora of North Carolina considered this animal sacred. Madison has spent eight years as manager of the North Carolina Red Wolf Recovery Program. His office is in Manteo. On the horizon, a $25 million grant will fund underpasses for the red wolf on Highway 64.

Source:

Garden and Gun (NoCar AP 2 G247), Vol. 19 Issue 2, April-May 2025, p130-137, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Red Wolf Recovery Program

Record #:

44533

Author(s):

Glock, Allison

Abstract:

Isaach Dial, Navajo, Lumbee and Tuscarora jewelry artist and silversmith, began his career as a young apprentice in Robeson County, North Carolina. His pieces have garnered critical praise and the attention of collectors. Dial is the son of the renowned and now late master jeweler Grant Dial.

Source:

Garden and Gun (NoCar AP 2 G247), Vol. 19 Issue 4, August-September 2025, p36-37, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Jewelry makers--Roberson County--Isaach Dial; Silversmiths--Robeson County--Isaach Dial; Dial, Isaach; Dial, Grant