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A Bureau of Indian Affairs map of Indian reservations belonging to federally recognized tribes in the continental United States. ... North Carolina 9,018 81.69 (211.58)
Pages in category "Native American tribes in North Carolina" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Based on this grant of exclusivity, the tribe had agreed to a revenue-sharing agreement with the state, with funds to be used by the state only for public education purposes. [13] [14] In September 2015 the tribe opened their second casino, Harrah's Cherokee Valley River, in Murphy, North Carolina. [15]
Map of states with US federally recognized tribes marked in yellow. States with no federally recognized tribes are marked in gray. Federally recognized tribes are those Native American tribes recognized by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs as holding a government-to-government relationship with the US federal government. [1]
Most state-recognized tribes are located in the Eastern United States, including the three largest state-recognized tribes in the US, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama, and the United Houma Nation of Louisiana, each of which has more than ten thousand members. [5] [6] [7]
The Cherokee who gained the ability to live in North Carolina were considered to be an independent band from the Cherokee Nation living in Oklahoma. [ 10 ] In the 1930s, the federal government requested the tribe to cede land for the construction of a new motorway, called the Blue Ridge Parkway , that would cut through the Qualla Boundary to ...
The Coharie Intra-tribal Council, Inc. is a state-recognized tribe in North Carolina. [3] The headquarters are in Clinton, North Carolina. [5]Formerly known as the Coharie Indian People, Inc. [7] and the Coharie Tribe of North Carolina, the group's 2,700 members primarily live in Sampson and Harnett counties.
United Lumbee Nation of North Carolina and America. [32] Letter of Intent to Petition 4/28/1980; Denied federal recognition 07/02/1985. [30] Also in California. Not to be confused with the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, a state-recognized tribe. Waccamaw Sioux Indian Tribe of Farmers Union, Clarkton, NC [134] New River Band of the Catawba ...