The distinction for the Lumbee Tribe in North Carolina, signed into law on Thursday, opens access to federal support and defies challenges from other tribes over their legitimacy. By Rick Rojas ...
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The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has been granted full federal recognition after a nearly 140-year effort. This recognition corrects a 1956 act that acknowledged the tribe but denied them federal ...
PEMBROKE, N.C. (WTVD) -- The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is on the brink of achieving full federal recognition. after Congress approved legislation advancing the tribe's long-standing effort for ...
North Carolina's Lumbee Tribe gained full federal recognition Thursday after President Donald Trump signed a wide-ranging defense spending bill containing a provision to recognize the tribe. The bill ...
AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. President Trump signed law granting full federal recognition and benefits. Lumbee sought recognition since 1888; 1956 law denied ...
Lumbee Tribe member and Robeson County resident Adrian Lowry shared her thoughts about the U.S. Senate’s approval of bill that provides federal recognition for North Carolina’s Lumbee Tribe. “In 1956, ...
Senators Thom Tillis, Ted Budd, along with Representatives David Rouzer, Mark Harris, Richard Hudson, Tim Moore, Deborah Ross, Addison McDowell, Valerie Foushee, Greg Murphy, Don Davis, and Alma Adams ...
A bill that includes full federal recognition for the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is now waiting for President Trump's signature. The U.S. Senate passed an annual defense spending bill Wednesday.
Members of the Native American tribe shed tears as it reached the historic milestone in Washington, D.C., this week. Tribal Chairman John L. Lowery witnessed President Trump sign the bill that ...
AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Senate approved federal recognition for the Lumbee Tribe and full benefits. Congress moved recognition into the NDAA after decades of ...
After a 137-year struggle, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has finally received full federal recognition from the U.S. government. Members of the Native American tribe shed tears as it reached the ...