PEMBROKE, N.C., July 2 -- The University of North Carolina at Pembroke issued the following news release:

Fifty years after its debut, beloved outdoor drama returns as the Lumbee Tribe celebrates federal recognition and UNC Pembroke preserves the production's legacy

Fifty years after audiences first gathered beneath the summer sky to watch Henry Berry Lowrie's story unfold,Strike at the Wind!returns this summer for a landmark anniversary season that celebrates the enduring legacy of the Lumbee people, the tribe's recent federal recognition and UNC Pembroke's decades-long role in preserving one of North Carolina's most significant works of Indigenous theater.

Presented by UNCP's Theatre program in partnership with the Lumbee Tribe,Strike ...