The Museum of the Southeast American Indian at UNC Pembroke will host the 2024 Lumbee Genealogy Symposium: Fighting for Native America – Lumbee, Coharie & Waccamaw-Siouan in the American Revolution.

The event will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., November 14 and 15 in Upchurch Auditorium at James A. Thomas Hall. It will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on both days. The event is free and open to the public.

The symposium will explore the complicated histories surrounding Indigenous politics and service concerning the American Revolution. Historians, subject-matter experts and the community will share histories about Indigenous Colonial patriotism, loyalty to the British Crown and the complicated relationship and alliances with Scottish Tories. During the two-day event, participants can share their own stories in an oral history booth that will be recorded.

Dr. Donald Fixico, Regents and Distinguished Foundation Professor of History at Arizona State University, will be the keynote speaker. A member of the Muscogee, Seminole, Shawnee and Sac and Fox tribes, Fixico was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma. He earned a bachelor's, master's and PhD, all in history from the University of Oklahoma. He has worked on more than 25 documentaries on American Indians and is the author and editor of 17 books. He is an ethnohistorian, policy historian and oral historian.

The symposium is made possible through a grant from NC 250 and Mill Prong Preservation, Inc. To register or for more information, contact Blake Tyner at 910. 521.6282 or blake.tyner@uncp.edu.