Linda E. Oxendine

Linda Oxendine of Pembroke, whose tribal affiliation is Lumbee, is Professor Emeritus of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, where she served as Director and Curator of the Native American Resource Center from 1982 to 1986 and chaired the Department of American Indian Studies from 1989 to 2006. Linda earned her B.A. from UNC Chapel Hill, her M.Ed. from Penn State, and her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. She has received numerous awards for her work in education including the Advancement of Education Service Award from the Lumbee Regional Development Association, the Education Service Award from the United Tribes of North Carolina, and the Outstanding Teaching Award from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.

Oxendine has published widely on the American Indian and Lumbee languages, histories, and cultures, including Fine in the World: Lumbee Language in Time and Place, co-authored with Walt Wolfram, Clare Dannenberg, and Stanley Knick, and entries on the Lumbee in the Encyclopedia of the American Indian, the Dictionary of American History, and The World Book Encyclopedia. She has taught at UNC Pembroke, UNC Chapel Hill, UNC Wilmington, UNC Charlotte, and North Carolina State University via distance learning on the North Carolina Research and Education Network (Information Highway). She has served on the Advisory Board, NC Museum of History, the Board of  the Museum of the Carolinas, the Board of Directors for the Museum of the Cape Fear, the Board of Directors, for the Ojibwe Mekana (Duluth, MN), and the North Carolina Humanities Council (1989-1995). Oxendine has also served as a scholar with the Teachers Institute.