The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has long stood as a proud and resilient Indigenous community, recognized for its unique ...

As the largest tribe east of the Mississippi River and the ninth largest in the nation, the Lumbee’s limbo status in federal Indian law demands resolution. Since receiving state recognition in ...

North Carolina, and is a frequent writer and speaker on baseball history and rural access-to-justice issues. He is a citizen of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. He is also a former Policy Director ...

Eisenhower signed the Lumbee Act, which recognized the tribe as the "Lumbee Indians of North Carolina." However, the said legislation did not provide federal benefits associated with such recognition.

The law recognized the Lumbee as the Lumbee Indians of North Carolina but denied them benefits associated with federal recognition as a tribe, including funding for housing, schools and health care.

So many people out there that say you're not real Indians, not real Native Americans. Well doggonit, we are. We have been for a long time. - James Locklear, Lumbee tribe member In an official ...

Though recognized in North Carolina as a tribe in 1885, the federal government stopped short in 1956 under the Lumbee Act. The law recognized the Lumbee as the Lumbee Indians of North Carolina but ...

“In September 2024, President Trump made a promise to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina to right the historical wrongs of the Indian Termination Era, and today’s executive order is a major ...

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina ... was trying to get out of what they call the Indian business, and they were terminating relationships with tribes. And so we actually got caught up in that.