The Lumbee Tribe claims to be “the amalgamation of various Siouan, Algonquian, and Iroquoian speaking tribes” and to have a recorded existence since 1725. Currently, the Lumbees boast over ...

Today, the Lumbee tribe claims to have more than 55,000 members as the battle for full federal recognition continues. Elders believe it would come with healthcare, the preservation of land and a ...

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has for years sought federal recognition, ... Since those tribes each had their own language, the Lumbee used English as their common language.

As this week’s deadline looms for a report ordered by President Donald Trump, many Lumbee people believe the federal government is on the cusp of righting a wrong Congress made 69 years ago.

Whereas other tribes remained relatively isolated from surrounding communities, the Lumbee tribe assimilated to the surrounding culture, speaking English, practicing Christianity and intermarrying ...

President Trump supports the Lumbee Tribe's efforts for federal recognition, linking them to several historic tribes like Cheraw, Tuscarora, and Siouan.

Several tribes, including the only one that is federally recognized in North Carolina, argue that if the Lumbee Tribe wants federal acknowledgment, it should go through the formal process in the ...

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina got a major boost in its decades-long fight to become federally recognized. President Trump signed a memo directing the Interior Secretary to submit a plan for ...

When Kamala Harris and Donald Trump campaigned in North Carolina, both candidates courted a state-recognized tribe there whose 55,000 members could have helped tip the swing state.

President Donald Trump’s move toward federal recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina fulfills a repeated promise he made on the campaign trail, but it has sparked concern from other ...

The Lumbee Act of 1956 granted the tribe only partial recognition, acknowledging it as a legitimate Native American group but denying it the benefits that fully recognized tribes receive.