On the Swamp: Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice visual arts and legal realities

and legal realities

and wisdom

and their influence is significant for future generations

only forty miles from the Canadian border and freedom

and working people—did not create this disaster

On the Swamp: Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice visual arts and legal realitiesDespite 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