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Size | 1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 840 items) |
Abstract | The collection of African American historian Arwin D. Smallwood (1965-) contains images from his research related to "Indian Woods," an area in Bertie County, N.C., that was the site of the first reservation for Indigenous people in North America. Smallwood, who grew up in Bertie County, took many of the images in the 1990s and 2000s while conducting site visits as part of his research on the northern Tuscarora people, who were relocated to the area by white colonizers during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The collection consists of images taken in Indian Woods, N.C., and numerous copy images depicting maps, documents, artifacts, and other resources collected by Smallwood while doing research on Indian Woods, N.C. Also included are images that appear to be from a 1990s era gathering of members of the Tuscarora Indian Nation, in N.Y., and copy images depicting photographs of Smallwood's extended family members. |
Creator | Smallwood, Arwin D. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Patrick Cullom, June 2019
Encoded by: Patrick Cullom, June 2019
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Arwin D. Smallwood, African American professor and chair of Department of History at North Carolina A&T University in Greensboro, N.C., was born in Windsor, N.C., and raised in Indian Woods, N.C.
During the American Revolutionary War, the colonial government granted the northern Tuscarora people 53,000 acres north of the Roanoke River in what is now Bertie County, N.C. The area came to be known as Indian Woods. Those who declined to settle in Indian Woods left North Carolina, migrated north, and settled in northern New York state, eventually joining the Five Nations of the Iroquois people. Indian Woods was the site of the first reservation for indigenous people in North America.
Back to TopThe collection of African American historian Arwin D. Smallwood (1965-) contains images from his research related to "Indian Woods," an area in Bertie County, N.C., that was the site of the first reservation for Indigenous people in North America. Smallwood, who grew up in Bertie County, took many of the images in the 1990s and 2000s while conducting site visits as part of his research on the northern Tuscarora people, who were relocated to the area by white colonizers during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The collection consists of images taken in Indian Woods, N.C., and numerous copy images depicting maps, documents, artifacts, and other resources collected by Smallwood while doing research on Indian Woods, N.C. Also included are images that appear to be from a 1990s era gathering of members of the Tuscarora Indian Nation, in N.Y., and copy images depicting photographs of Smallwood's extended family members.
Back to TopPhotographs taken by Arwin D. Smallwood while doing site visits to the area known as "Indian Woods" in Bertie County, N.C. Indian Woods was the site of the first reservation for indigenous people in North America.
Image Folder PF-05316/1-4
PF-05316/1PF-05316/2PF-05316/3PF-05316/4 |
Indian Woods, N.C. (Outdoor scenes), circa 1990-2005Color and Black and White 35mm Slides (Mounted) |
Image Folder PF-05316/5-11
PF-05316/5PF-05316/6PF-05316/7PF-05316/8PF-05316/9PF-05316/10PF-05316/11 |
Indian Woods, N.C. (Residences and buildings), circa 1990-2005Color and Black and White 35mm Slides (Mounted) |
Image Folder PF-05316/12-17
PF-05316/12PF-05316/13PF-05316/14PF-05316/15PF-05316/16PF-05316/17 |
Cemeteries and monuments, circa 1990-2005Color and Black and White 35mm Slides (Mounted) Locations depicted appear to include N.C. and N.Y. |
Image Folder PF-05316/18-21
PF-05316/18PF-05316/19PF-05316/20PF-05316/21 |
Artifacts on display, circa 1990-2005Color and Black and White 35mm Slides (Mounted) |
Image Folder PF-05316/22-28
PF-05316/22PF-05316/23PF-05316/24PF-05316/25PF-05316/26PF-05316/27PF-05316/28 |
Historic maps and other research materials, circa 1990-2005Color and Black and White 35mm Slides (Mounted) |
Image Folder PF-05316/29-35
PF-05316/29PF-05316/30PF-05316/31PF-05316/32PF-05316/33PF-05316/34PF-05316/35 |
Unidentified gathering of people outdoors, circa 1990-2005Color and Black and White 35mm Slides (Mounted) Images appear to depict a 1990s era gathering of members of the Tuscarora Indian Nation, in N.Y. |
Image Folder PF-05316/36-42
PF-05316/36PF-05316/37PF-05316/38PF-05316/39PF-05316/40PF-05316/41PF-05316/42 |
Smallwood family photographs, circa 1990-2005Color and Black and White 35mm Slides (Mounted) Images appear to have been copied by Smallwood and depict members of his expanded family. |