Miller states that since the MOWA Band and the Lumbee Tribe cannot definitively prove their origins leaves both open to identity politics and challenges to their authenticity. For example, the Lumbee do have documentation that in 1790 their documented core community lived on the Lumbee River area on lands still owned by descendants, the existing records call their ancestors "free persons of color" or white individuals. What do you know about the term "free persons of color" being applied to Native Americans in the 18th century and later? This is a multiple choice question. Miller states that since the MOWA Band and the Lumbee Tribe cannot definitively prove their origins leaves both open to identity politics and challenges to their authenticity. For example, the Lumbee do have documentation that in 1790 their documented core community lived on the Lumbee River area on lands still owned by descendants, the existing records call their ancestors "free persons of color" or white individuals. What do you know about the term "free persons of color" being applied to Native Americans in the 18th century and later? This is a multiple choice question. Free persons of color meant that you were African American but that you were not enslaved. Free persons of color meant that you were both African American and White, but you had purchased your freedom and were no longer enslaved. Free persons of color meant that you were both African American and Native American. The terms free persons of color and mulatto could refer to a wide range of people, including Native Americans and other mixed race people. In other words, free persons of color meant that you were not white and you were not enslaved.