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In 1952, under the leadership of D.F. Lowrie, the tribe voted to adopt the name "Lumbee." [citation needed] The North Carolina legislature recognized the tribe's name change to the "Lumbee Indians of North Carolina" in 1953. [54] The tribe petitioned again for federal recognition. [citation needed]
In the Oval Office of the White House just after 3 p.m., Trump told pool reporters he “loved” the Lumbee Tribe and North Carolina. His directive on Thursday was a presidential memorandum to ...
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.
Former President Trump said during a campaign event in North Carolina on Saturday that he would recognize the Lumbee Tribe if he was elected for a second term. “The Lumbee Tribe has been ...
Halooie Indian Tribe, Seminary Hill area of Alexandria, VA. [citation needed] Inagel Tsalagi, Cherokee of Virginia. [25] Northern Tsalagi Indian Nation. [25] Rappahannock Indian Tribe (II), Change. [33] Letter of Intent to Petition 01/31/2001. [27] Shares a name with a state-recognized tribe Rappahannock Indian Tribe (I).
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.
The Lumbee Regional Development Association (LRDA) is a nonprofit corporation, chartered by the State of North Carolina in 1968, organized to analyze and develop solutions for the health, educational, economic, and general welfare problems of rural and urban Indians in and around Robeson County.
Though recognized in North Carolina as a tribe in 1885, the federal government stopped short in 1956 under the Lumbee Act, which recognized the Lumbee as the Lumbee Indians of North Carolina but ...