Local Attractions

The Lumbee Tribe of NC
The Lumbee tribe has a very interesting and unusual history and culture, which is presented in festivals and in local museums. The Lumbee comprise roughly one-half of the state of North Carolina’s Native American population, with a population of 52,614 living in Robeson and other local counties.
Events include:
• Lumbee Homecoming – June 23 to July 1, 2006
• Strike at the Wind – July 1 – August 26, 2006, every Friday and Saturday.
• Lumbee Fall Powwow

The Native American Resource Center on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke has a fine museum collection of artifacts of the Lumbee and other Indian tribes.
Indian Educational Resource Center

The North Carolina Indian Cultural Center – operates a museum of local Native American arts and crafts in their Long House facility, and the recreation area where the restored Henry Berry Lowrie cabin is shown.
 

Lumber River State Park

The Lumber River is a natural and scenic black water river, which flows through the Pembroke area. The native environment of the Lumber River valley has scenic cypress-gum swamps, hardwood forests and upland pine forests.

                  University of North Carolina at Pembroke

The campus of UNC Pembroke has the most diverse student population of any campus east of the Mississippi River. The diversity of people serves to promote and improve human relations and creativity. Residents and visitors in Pembroke enjoy the richness and diversity of foods, cultures, values and wisdom that comes with a progressive and diverse community and economy.