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This is a list of federally recognized Native American Tribes in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. With its 38 federally recognized tribes, [ 1 ] Oklahoma has the third largest numbers of tribes of any state, behind Alaska and California .
UNIO's "Warrior Up to Vote" initiative seeks to increase voter registration among American Indians. [2] UNIO opposes federal recognition for the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. In October, 2024, cards with the UNIO logo were distributed at the 81st Annual Conference and Marketplace of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI). The cards ...
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]
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 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 has been recognized in North Carolina since 1885, and the tribe was formally recognized by Congress in 1956. Yet the Lumbee Act that was passed in Congress failed to extend ...
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 ...
State-recognized tribes in the United States are Native American tribes or heritage groups that do not meet the criteria for federally recognized Indian tribes but have been recognized by state government through laws, governor's executive orders, or state commissions legally granted the power to recognize tribes for varying purposes. State ...