The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has for years sought federal recognition, and President Donald Trump is pushing for them ...
The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has pushed for federal recognition for decades. A new executive order instructs Interior Department to help.
Whereas other tribes remained relatively isolated from surrounding communities, the Lumbee tribe assimilated to the ...
Throughout the generations, Lumbee members have intermarried with both white and Black North Carolinians. They agreed upon the name Lumbee in the 1950s and passed a tribal constitution in 2000.
President Trump made good on a campaign promise to ask the Department of the Interior to recognize the Lumbee people of North Carolina — a tribe whose Native identity has long been called into ...
Since those tribes each had their own language, the Lumbee used English as their common language. Over generations they have intermarried with both white and Black North Carolinians. They agreed ...
the Lumbee tribe assimilated to the surrounding culture, speaking English, practicing Christianity and intermarrying with their Black and white neighbors. But groups like the Eastern Band of ...