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[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]
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.
Senator Thom Tillis sponsored the Lumbee Fairness Act in 2023 which would have "extend[ed] federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina." [16] The bill was read twice by senate on February 16, 2023, and referred to the Bureau with no further action. [17]
January 4, 2021: FairTax Act of 2021: To promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the States. H.R. 28: January 4, 2021: Protecting Life in Crisis Act
Dean Chavers (born 1941) [1] is the director of Catching the Dream, formerly known as the Native American Scholarship fund.The organization has produced 679 Native American college graduates since 1987, including 110 educators, 38 doctors, 28 engineers, 104 business graduates, and 110 scientists.
Members of Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina “deserve the same rights, privileges, and respect granted to other Native American tribes,” U.S. Sen. Ted Budd said. ‘Long past time.’
Arlinda Locklear (born 1951) is an American lawyer of Native American origin from the Lumbee tribe.Locklear, who is often cited as the first Native American woman to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court, has actually followed in the footsteps of Lyda Conley (ca. 1869 – 1946), who was the first Native American and Native American woman admitted to argue a case before the US Supreme Court.
Sep. 7—PEMBROKE — A total of 15 people filed for candidacy in the Lumbee Tribal election during the 10-day filing period that ran from Aug. 22 — Sept. 2. Not among those filing were the ...