Leaving Colorado

With the new year, my family and I are heading to a new town. We are leaving Woodland Park, Colorado, and heading to Ephrata, Pennsylvania. I am concentrating my efforts on moving, and caving as much as possible. I will have lots to post in the upcoming weeks, but if I seem absent it's because I'm moving with three kids, a dog, and a cat across country. Here we are driving across country again, with more kids this time, but less cats. I love Colorado, and hope to return often to visit, and get in some caving!

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So, who are the Lumbee?

Having recently discovered my family history,

I have spent some time the last few evenings reading about the Lumbee Tribe. If you are interested, here are some resources that I have found:

The Official: http://www.lumbeetribe.com/

Wiki on the Lumbee: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumbee

Timeline of Lumbee History:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Lumbee_history

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in the picture: Lumbee Jamie Oxendine and U.S. Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur during the opening of the National Museum of the American Indian

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