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  This historic newspaper article was printed Mar. 2, 1916 by The Asheville Times in North Carolina. A uthor A.H. M cCormick wrote many respectable articles for the newspaper. BACKSTORY Name issue – The erasure of the NC Tuscarora name began in 1885 under the influence of lawyer and General Assembly member – Hamilton McMillan . This man promised the Robeson County, NC Tuscarora a school for their Indian children if they officially changed their name to Croatan and thusly erased their Native name. The Federally Recognized Tuscarora living in New York, originating from NC, who were previously exiled to New York in the 1700s because they were not “friendly” like the others who had remained, were already recognized as being due reparations. Changing the NC Tuscaroras’ name saved the state and Federal government much money and land in reparations. So, is Hamilton McMillan the conniving conman really statue worthy?   Read about McMillan's defaced statue at that ...

This historic document is difficult to read.     Tuscarora Treaty of 1714, aka Sun and Moon Treaty document   Treaty is held at Cupola House, Edenton, NC. Basically, this document says North Carolina's Tuscaroras made an agreement with whites, aka Englanders or Early Explorers or Colonists, for each to live within certain boundaries in peace, for as long as the "sun and moon endure," which is forever. Read about those boundaries  here . Read the entire NC Tuscarora story  here . Learn exactly why the treaty was broken, like the treaty before this more commonly known treaty.  Buy the Book! Follow my Blog and  WIN  a chance for a free paperback. To enter: email screenshot of following my blog confirmation. Have copies of historic treaties and access to NC Tuscarora lineage charts delivered to your inbox - and more!       

Was the mysterious Tuscarora Land Treaty, held at the Cupola House in Edenton,  created during the 30-year peace period in the late 1600’s? There is reasonable cause to consider that the undated document was because it was the nature of colonists to record their transactions and agreements and became the habit of Natives because they became increasingly wary of white invaders. Thomas Parramore wrote in The Tuscarora Ascendancy , “Peaceful relations were formalized in 1672 when leaders of the Albemarle colony met with Tuscarora chiefs and apparently reached accord,” (p. 313). Note the word formalized . This indicates that there was a meeting and it was likely recorded and any agreement would have been written for prosperity. It is only logical. Parramore shares, “Thereafter, it appears, the Albemarle colony was understood to be that region bordering Virginia, which “on ye southern part is separated by Albemarle Sound and Chowan River.” Strictly construed, these limits made of...