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In 1952, under the leadership of D.F. Lowrie, the tribe voted to adopt the name "Lumbee." [citation needed] The North Carolina legislature recognized the tribe's name change to the "Lumbee Indians of North Carolina" in 1953. [54] The tribe petitioned again for federal recognition. [citation needed]
(The Center Square) – Federal recognition for the nation’s ninth largest Native American tribe has gotten a nod from second-term Republican President Donald Trump and other members of North ...
The law recognized the Lumbee as the Lumbee Indians of North Carolina but denied them benefits associated with federal recognition as a tribe, including funding for housing, schools and health care.
In 2016, the Interior reversed that decision, allowing the Lumbee Tribe to apply, but the Lumbee have opted for the congressional route. The Lumbee's approach to gain recognition through legislation has stoked a simmering debate in both Indian Country and Congress about Indigenous identity and tribal nationhood.
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 ...
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 Lumbee Tribe is committed to protect and support the tribal youth through their growth into becoming contributing members of the community. Programs offered include: Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina Boys and Girl Club (located at multiple locations within Robeson County) Cultural Enrichment Classes; Tobacco Prevention & Cessation Program
There is a State-recognized tribe with the same name, Meherrin Indian Tribe (I). Ne'Ha-Tsunii Indian Nation [78] Nee Tribe (a.k.a. Nuluti Equani Ehi Tribe and Near River Dwellers), [25] East Bend, NC; Ridge Band of Cherokees, [25] Ridgecraft, NC; Roanoke-Hatteras Indian Tribe, Elizabeth City, NC, [130] formerly the Roanoke-Hatteras Indians of ...