Native leaders say the courts have not treated religious rights equally, pointing to the current fight over Oak Flat.

When Carma Henson begins her term as president of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice on July 1, she will be the first ...

The Lumbee have been accustomed to living in this federal limbo, which has been their state for more than half a century.

For almost a century and a half, the federal government denied the Lumbee, the largest tribe east of the Mississippi, recognition. Now, nearly everyone in Washington is trying to give it to them ...

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

Senator Thom Tillis went viral Sunday night for his fiery Senate floor speech and the bolo tie he wore while delivering it.

Chairman John L. Lowery discusses efforts to secure federal recognition for the Lumbee Tribe on June 30, 2025.

President Trump managed to tolerate his congressional critics—until he didn’t. After months of playing nice with Sen. Thom ...

Thousands of Native Americans have their racial identity wrongly recorded on their death certificates. This has led to a ...

Push for Lumbee recog­nition raises concerns from some tribes BY Reuben Jones Washington, D.C. UPDATED 7:57 PM ET Aug. 02, 2022 ...