Styles of Dance
This style of dance is also known as a healing and rain dance.
What is jingle dancing?
This ancient art form, often made from clay and used for both functional and ceremonial purposes, is a key part of many Native American cultures, including the Lumbee.
What is pottery?
Who is a renowned no face no case to the Lumbee people?
Who is Henry Berry Lowery?
What makes up the three sisters?
What is corn, beans, squash?
These people within the tribe carry on traditions and are served first at every meal?
Who are elders?
In the Lumbee tribe the regalia for this dance showcases the pinecone patchwork
What is women's southern traditional?
Needle, thread, fabric and ribbon come together in this modern day fashion piece?
What is ribbon skirts?
A famous battle against the KKK.
What is the Battle at Hayes Pond?
I am spicier than relish sweeter than cole slaw and taste real good on cornbread. What am I?
What is chow-chow?
What are the sacred herbs?
What is tobacco, sage, cedar, sweet grass?
This style of dance men present themselves in the arena with bashful bustles
This intricate art form, often resembling a stitched mosaic, uses glass, bone, or shell to tell cultural stories one tiny unit at a time—no tiles required.
What is beadwork?
This person created a sacred symbol to the Lumbee people still showcased today. Who am I?
Who is Maggie Lowery?
This Lumbee delicacy is battered and fried often dipped in a side of sauce. What am I?
What is a Lumbee blooming onion.
A feather from this bird is considered an honor to possess being the most sacred bird to our people. What bird am I?
What is an eagle?
This style of dance is used to mimic traditional hunting techniques.
What is men's grass?
Collected off the ground this material is used in many crafts across Lumbee land.
What is pine needles?
What sparked the start of the Lowrie War?
What is loss of land, home and rights?
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What is avenging family death?
Often ate with grits and eggs this meat is a mix of cooked meats and spices. What am I?
What is liver pudding?
The colors of the medicine wheel are associated with these directions.
What is red-south, yellow-east, black-west, white-north?
This dance is used to find your future mate in the tribe if her reflection is seen in the mirror often held by the dancers in the arena
What is men's chicken dance?
This sacred artform to the Lumbee people is made of intricate folds known as prairie points.
What is pinecone patchwork?
In 1956 this bill was passed by Congress to grant the Lumbee tribe partial recognition however no benefits were awarded.
What is the Lumbee Act?
Sometimes yellow, sometimes white, maybe some sweet peas in the mix maybe boiled eggs too. What am I?
What is chicken and pastry?
This beat is made during a drum song to give thanks to the ancestors.
What is the honor beat?