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A quest to reconstruct Baltimore's American Indian 'reservation'

  • Written by Ashley Minner, Lecturer, Folklorist, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Members of East Baltimore Church of God, which was founded by Lumbee Indians, and was once located in the heart of 'the reservation,' in the 1700 block of E. Baltimore Street.Photo courtesy of Rev. Robert E. Dodson Jr., Pastor, East Baltimore Church of God, Author provided

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