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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 ...
Though recognized in North Carolina as a tribe in 1885, the federal government stopped short in 1956 under the Lumbee Act. The law recognized the Lumbee as the Lumbee Indians of North Carolina but ...
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 ...
The Lumbee Tribe has applied for federal recognition, but that petition was denied in 1985 because it “could not establish the group’s descendency either culturally, politically, or genealogically from any tribe which existed historically in the area.”
Trump, the eventual winner, promised he would sign legislation to grant federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe, a distinction that would unlock access to federal funds. [16] For years, the Lumbee attempted to circumvent recognition by the Bureau of Indian Affairs for being "flawed" by appealing directly to Congress instead. [16]
[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]
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 ...
“The Lumbee people have waited for decades for full federal recognition,” Harris said. "But we can’t lose momentum now. The House and Senate must pass the Lumbee Fairness Act to codify this ...