DUNDALK, Md. — A new exhibition at Eastpoint Mall is shedding light on a largely unknown chapter of Baltimore's history — the story of the Lumbee Native American community that has called the city home for decades.

The exhibit, "Beyond Baltimore Street: Living Lumbee Legacies," highlights how the majority of Native people living in Baltimore are citizens of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. Many families, like that of Jeanette Jones, moved to Baltimore in 1959 as part of a post-World War II migration from the South seeking work opportunities.

"You never hear nothing about Native Americans. It's like we're forgotten people," Jones said.

The migration story mirrors that of many other families who came to Baltimore for economic opportunities, but this narrative is finally being told th

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