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

On the afternoon of Feb. 10, John L. Lowery, tribal chairman of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, released a public memo ...

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 ...

The Lumbee would be the largest tribe east of the Mississippi to have full federal recognition and have faced opposition from other tribes, including the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians in ...

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. In an official statement to ABC11, the Lumbee Tribe ...

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.

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has pushed for federal recognition for decades. A new executive order instructs Interior Department to help.

“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 ...