History of North Carolina
The history of North Carolina from pre-colonial history to the present, covers the experiences of the people who have lived within the territory that now comprises the U.S. state of North Carolina.
Artists conception of Town Creek Indian Mound during the late Town Creek-early Leak phases circa 1350 CE
Ceremony of Secotan warriors in North Carolina. Watercolour by English colonist John White, 1585
Sir Walter Raleigh, sponsor of the Roanoke Colony, and namesake of the capital city of North Carolina, Raleigh
North Carolina is named after King Charles I of England. Carolina is taken from the Latin word for "Charles", Carolus.
The Lumbee are a Native American people primarily centered in Robeson, Hoke, Cumberland, and Scotland counties in North Carolina.
Three "Croatans" of Robeson County, c. 1909
Lumbees fighting Klansmen at the Battle of Hayes Pond
Senator Elizabeth Dole and Representative Mike McIntyre testifying at a congressional hearing on federal Lumbee recognition, 2003
Lumbees at a pow wow in Lumberton, 2015