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Lumbee Tribal Chairman Jimmy Goins appeared before the United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs in September 2007 to lobby for federal recognition of the tribe. [59] In January 2009, US Representative Mike McIntyre introduced legislation (H.R. 31) to grant the Lumbee full federal recognition. [60]
United Cherokee Tribe of West Virginia. [25] Also in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Waccamaw Siouan Indian Association. Letter of Intent to Petition 10/16/1992; Postal service returned certified letter 11/5/1997. [27] Yamassee Indian Tribe of Seminoles. [162]
[4] To address these concerns, in 1993, a group of Lumbee community leaders formed a constitutional assembly, the Lumbee Tribe of Cheraw Indians (LTCI), and gathered delegates from historically Indian church congregations in the area to draft a constitution for a tribal government.
(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 tribe, which consists of more than 55,000 members, is the largest tribe east of the Mississippi River and the ninth-largest tribe in the U.S., according to the White House's memorandum.
The state recognized the tribe in 1885. In 1956, Congress passed legislation recognizing the tribe but without Lumbee benefits that every other federally recognized tribe receives.
The Lumbee Indian Education project is funded through the Indian Education Act of 1972, with a budget of $196,000 for Fiscal Year 1977-78. [16] The Indian Education Act is to provide better educational opportunities for Indian students through three components: early childhood education, community services, and Native American resource library.
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