On the Swamp: Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice visual arts the deaths of over six

the deaths of over six hundred children by the spring of 1864 were an unbearable tragedy

and legal realities

only forty miles from the Canadian border and freedom

uranium mining

and wisdom

On the Swamp: Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice visual arts the deaths of over sixDespite centuries of colonialism, Indigenous peoples still occupy parts of their ancestral homelands in what is now Eastern North Carolinaa patchwork quilt of forested swamps, sandy plains, and blackwater streams that spreads across the Coastal Plain between the Fall Line and the Atlantic Ocean. In these backwaters, Lumbees and other American Indians have adapted to a radically transformed world while maintaining vibrant cultures and powerful