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In the 118th Congress, Major Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., never allowed House Resolution 1101 known as the Lumbee Fairness Act to get a vote in the upper chamber after it had passed the House.
[a] The petition was denied in 1989 because of the Lumbee Act. [40] Senator Elizabeth Dole and Representative Mike McIntyre testifying at a congressional hearing on federal Lumbee recognition, 2003. The Lumbee resumed lobbying Congress, testifying in 1988, 1989, 1991 and 1993 in efforts to gain full federal recognition by congressional action. [57]
The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has for years sought federal recognition as a Native American group, and President Donald Trump is pushing for them to have it.. Trump on Thursday signed an ...
(The Center Square) – Federal recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is in a Senate proposal from Republicans Thom Tillis and Ted Budd. The proposal mirrors a version in the House of ...
At one point about a century ago, the Lumbee were known as the Cherokee Indians of Robeson County, and for many years now all three Cherokee tribes — the Eastern Band, the Cherokee Nation, and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians — have denounced this and been vocal opponents of granting the Lumbee federal recognition.
The Texas state legislature often issues congratulatory resolutions that "commend" organizations, such one honoring the Mount Tabor Indian Community in 2017, "for its contributions to [the] state" [81] and the Lipan Apache in 2019; [82] however, this is not the same as formal recognition of a tribe by a state. Texas Senate Bill 231 to formally ...
Texas Buffalo Bayou Band of Chickamaugan Cherokee, Southern Cherokee Nation. [25] Texas Gulf Coast Cherokee and Associated Bands [25] Tsalagiyi Nvdagi Tribe. [185] Based in Waco, Texas. United Chickamaugan [78] United Mascogo Seminole Tribe of Texas. Letter of Intent to Petition 12/31/2002. [27] Receipt of Petition 12/31/2002. [36]
The Lumbee Tribe applied in 1987, but was denied based on the Department's interpretation of the 1956 Lumbee Act. Interior reversed that decision in 2016, but the Lumbee have not applied, instead ...