Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. The recent presidential action directing the Department of Interior to pursue full ...

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has long stood as a proud and resilient Indigenous community, recognized for its unique cultural identity and ongoing struggle for federal recognition.

Lily Hunt of Fayetteville, a member of the Lumbee Tribe, smiles as she prepares for a switch dance during the Dix Park Inter-Tribal Pow Wow in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, August 26, 2023. Ethan Hyman ...

WASHINGTON (WTVD) -- U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson and other North Carolina lawmakers introduced a bill Thursday to formally recognize the Lumbee Tribe. Hudson joined fellow Republican representatives ...

The U.S. Capitol pictured on Nov. 26, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom) Congress will again consider granting federal tribal recognition to the Lumbee of North Carolina ...

President Trump on Thursday signed a memorandum asking the Department of the Interior to move towards fully recognizing the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina as Native American. It's a move that ...

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

Trump has signed a presidential memorandum directing the Secretary of the Interior to submit a plan to secure full federal recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. This memorandum ...

In the Oval Office of the White House just after 3 p.m., Trump told pool reporters he “loved” the Lumbee Tribe and North Carolina. His directive on Thursday was a presidential memorandum to ...