Reclaiming Space for the Lumbee Indians of Baltimore With Dr. Ashley Minner Jones

Saturday, November 18, 2023 | 2 pm – 3 pm

Free with Museum Admission.

Celebrate National American Indian Month with Reginald F. Lewis Museum as we explore the history and legacy of Lumbee Indians in Baltimore with Lumbee artist and scholar Dr. Ashley Minner Jones. After World War II, thousands of Lumbee moved north to cities like Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Detroit, seeking work and a better quality of life. Learn about the sizable population of Lumbee Indians that formed a community in East Baltimore during the 1950s—1960s. Dr. Minner Jones will share the story of an intergenerational team’s process to reconstruct the historic community and reactivate heritage through oral history, archival research, mapping, and walking.

About the Participant

Dr. Ashley Minner Jones is a community-based visual artist and folklorist from Baltimore, Maryland where she has lived on the same block her entire life. Her interdisciplinary practice is deeply rooted in place—usually within the context of the U.S. South—and is focused on honoring and celebrating everyday people by lifting up their stories. Ashley is an enrolled member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina.She earned an MFA in Community Arts from Maryland Institute College of Art and a PhD in American Studies from University of Maryland College Park. As an artist, she has exhibited widely and her work is represented in several prominent collections. Her research is being archived as “the Ashley Minner Collection” in the Albin O. Kuhn Library of the University of Maryland Baltimore County.