Record Number:
424
Citation:
Gustafson, Robert K. “The Religion of the Lumbee Indians.” Paper presented at the American Academy of Religion conference, New Orleans, 14 Nov. 1990.
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Traces Christianity among the Lumbees since the earliest recorded church deed (1792), noting conferences, associations, and the prevalence of Protestantism. Gustafson analyzes two videotaped interviews with Lumbee religious leaders; writings about Vernon Cooper; and a conversation with a Tuscarora tribal leader, who provided information on conjuring, herbal remedies, root workers, totens, and blowing out fire. Notes descriptions of similar practices in writings of Gregg, Lawson, and McMillan.
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