A copy of the Lumbee Tribe Petition for Federal Acknowledgment, submitted in 1987 on behalf of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, is seen at the Smithsonian National Anthropological Archives in Suitland, Maryland. According to staff at the facility, notes indicate the copy was given directly to the Smithsonian by the late Julian Pierce, one of the authors. Photo by Indianz.Com (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)