Lumbee

The Lumbee are distinct ethnic group of central North Carolina. Though they identify themselves as a tribe, the Lumbee are a melange of Native American, black and white strains and are similar in that fashion to groups such as the melungeon people of the Appalachians or the Redbones of the Southeast.

The Lumbee are not recognized as a tribe by the federal government, although they do have recognition on the state level.

On January 18, 1958, armed Lumbee Native Americans chased off an estimated 5,000 Klansmen and supporters led by grand wizard Catfish Cole at the town of Maxton, North Carolina.