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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.
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 ...
“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 ...
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.
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.
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]
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 ...
Julian Thomas Pierce (January 2, 1946 – March 25/26, 1988) was an American lawyer and Lumbee activist. Born in Hoke County, North Carolina, he became the first person in his family to go to college and worked for several years as a chemist at shipyards in Virginia before obtaining his Juris Doctor degree.