Today in Labor History January 18, 1958: The Battle of Hayes Pond, the Battle of Maxton Field, or the Maxton Riot was an armed confrontation between members of a Ku Klux Klan (KKK) organization and Lumbee Indians at a Klan rally near Maxton, North Carolina. The KKK drove through town with a loudspeaker advertising the event and recruiting participants, infuriating the local indigenous community, which took up arms to disrupt the rally. They fired into the crowd, forcing the Klansmen to flee. The police arrested several Klansmen and charged them with inciting a riot, while some media sources praised the Lumbees and condemned the Klansmen.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #kkk #racism #indigenous #Lumbee #police #Riot #northcarolina #antiracism #klan #fascism

I'm listening to a very interesting broadcast with anthropologist Dr. #DavidShaneLowry (#Lumbee) where he talks about the origins of "#FryBread". Not traditional food (which I suspected), but based on rations given to Native Americans after displacement!

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October 14, 2025
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Listen / download:
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/greasy-frybread--64844925?utm_medium=app&utm_source=widget&utm_campaign=episode-title&deep_link_value=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.spreaker.com%2Fepisode%2Fgreasy-frybread--64844925%3Futm_medium%3Dapp%26utm_source%3Dwidget%26utm_campaign%3Depisode-title&af_channel=widget

Wikipedia entry on frybread:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frybread

Show info:
https://www.wmpg.org/wmpg-podcasts/returning-the-land/

https://www.wmpg.org/show/tue1130/#

#colonization #Colonialism #CulturalErasure #Starvation #NativeAmericanHistory #NativeAmericans #TraditionalFoods #BoardingSchools #CommodityBoxes #Commods #Rations #Frybread #FoodInsecurity #WMPGFM #CommunityRadio #IndigenousVoices #IndigenousFoodSovereignty

Lumbee Tribal Chairman John Lowery Appointed to North Carolina House as Federal Recognition Efforts Continue

Local approval doesn’t mean truth.

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Lumbee Tribal Chairman John Lowery Appointed to North Carolina House as Federal Recognition Efforts Continue

That’s false. The appointment followed proper state procedure, not some federal scheme. Lowery’s record shows he’s focused on rural development, not grabbing control of state finances.

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Lumbee Tribal Chairman John Lowery Appointed to North Carolina House as Federal Recognition Efforts Continue

Sounds like a federal power grab disguised as tribal progress, typical shady political maneuvering.

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Lumbee Tribal Chairman John Lowery Appointed to North Carolina House as Federal Recognition Efforts Continue

This whole tale about John Lowery being 'secretly appointed' is pure conspiracy fog. The guy is filling a legit vacancy through normal party channels, not some under-the-table coup. The Lumbee Tribe seeking federal recognition isn’t about taking over budgets, it’s about fairness long denied.

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Lumbee Tribal Chairman John Lowery Appointed to North Carolina House as Federal Recognition Efforts Continue

That’s conspiracy talk. Lowery was approved locally, not federally imposed—big diff between facts and rumor.

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“The Master of Life has appointed this place for us to light our fires, and here we shall remain.” -Tecumseh

This will be my answer when people ask why I am not running away.

#Indigenous #Decolonize #Lumbee #Native

#Indigenous "#ReMattering": A conversation with #DavidShaneLowry, PhD

"Sheeva Azma talks to Dr. David Shane Lowry about his work magnifying #IndigenousPerspectives from an anthropological perspective, including in science and technology, and science communication.

"Dr. Lowry serves on the faculty at the University of Southern Maine. He earned his BS from MIT and both Master’s and PhD from UNC Chapel Hill, all in anthropology. He is an anthropologist and member (citizen) of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. He grew up in the #Lumbee community in Robeson County, North Carolina. In 2021-22, he was Distinguished Fellow in #NativeAmerican Studies at MIT, where he led a new conversation at MIT about the responsibilities of MIT (and science/technology education, more generally) in the theft of American Indian land and the dismantling of American Indian health and community. From 2022 to 2023, he was Visiting Senior Fellow in the School of Social Policy at Brandeis University. At USM, Dr. Lowry runs the #IndigenousRelationshipsLab as a place for and commitment to #justice and re-mattering of American Indian and other Indigenous peoples from #Maine, to #Massachusetts, to #NorthCarolina. David writes and hosts conversations on InTrust [link below]."

Watch video [includes transcript]:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-mqEXlJmoE

#IndigenousPeoplesTrust link:
https://indigenouspeoplestrust.org.
#LandBack #LandGrabs #Colonialism #NativeAmericanHistory #NativeAmericanScholars