Jan 23, 2025 · In 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Lumbee Act (Public Law 84-570, 70 Stat. 254), which recognized the Lumbee as the Lumbee Indians of North Carolina but denied Lumbee...

Jan 31, 2025 · Considering the Lumbee Tribe's historical and modern significance, it is the policy of the United States to support the full Federal recognition, including the authority to receive full Federal benefits, of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina.

Efforts are currently underway to pass federal legislation that grants full recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. The following sections detail the Lumbee Tribe's history, origins, religion, language, and education, as well as studies and efforts for federal recognition.

Nov 18, 2020 · LUMBERTON, N.C. (WTVD) -- As one of North Carolina's largest Native American tribes seeks federal recognition, other tribes are pushing back. The Lumbee Recognition Act recently passed a vote...

Jan 23, 2025 · Tribes can gain federal recognition by: (1) Act of Congress; (2) the Department of the Interior’s Office of Federal Acknowledgement process; or (3) federal court decision. President Trump’s...

Mar 10, 2025 · The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the only federally-recognized tribe in the state, vehemently oppose granting the Lumbee the same status through congressional action rather than the typical application process carried out by the Department of the Interior. In fact, Cherokee opposition to Lumbee recognition dates back to at least 1910.

Mar 15, 2025 · In February, Lumbee Chairman John Lowery spent a week in Washington, D.C. as work began to finally grant the tribe full federal recognition. Lowery said he left feeling “cautiously optimistic.

Jan 23, 2025 · The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has pushed for federal recognition for decades. A new executive order instructs Interior Department to help.

Jan 23, 2025 · President Trump is the first President to sign such a memorandum declaring full federal recognition for the Lumbee Tribe as official policy of the U.S. government and to lay the groundwork for what the Lumbee have been fighting toward for more than 100 years.

This week, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina received President Trump’s Executive Memorandum related to Lumbee Federal Recognition and the pen associated with signing the document. Congressman Mark Harris dropped by at the same time of the documents arrival. There was a lot of excitement!