Gallery
Land, ceremony,
and our people.
Hover any photograph to read its story. Every image was made on Lumbee land, at the Cultural Center and gatherings that shape who we are.
A field of sunflowers turning with the sun on Lumbee land.
Water at the Cultural Center — quiet, wide, and holding the sky.
Aerial view of Grand Entry at the Lumbee Tribe Powwow held at the Cultural Center.
A ceremonial smudging with eagle feather — a moment of prayer and cleansing.
Longleaf pines standing watch over the Cultural Center grounds.
Sunlight through the canopy — a reminder of the sky our ancestors walked under.
Community members walking the path at the Cultural Center to gather traditional plants.
Sacred tobacco in bloom — grown for ceremony and prayer.
Heirloom corn kernels held in a hand-coiled basket.
The wetland behind the Cultural Center — home to cypress, herons, and quiet water.
Cypress rising above the marsh — a landscape woven into Lumbee memory.
Fire in the sky over the Cultural Center pond — the day setting slow.
Oaks silhouetted against a burning sky, reflected in still water.
The last light held in the water — cypress silhouettes over an orange horizon.
Ripples across the Cultural Center lake under a wide blue sky.
The lake at midday — pines on the far bank, quiet as a prayer.
A cypress-lined stream winds through the woods at the Cultural Center.
Cypress mirrored in tannin-dark water — a still moment on Lumbee waterways.
Community members walking together on a foraging trail through the pines.
A butterfly on zinnias at the Cultural Center greenhouse gardens.
Soft, silver mullein — a traditional plant used in Lumbee medicine.
Photographs shared with permission from the Lumbee community.