Lowery said in a statement. 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 ...
WASHINGTON (WTVD) — The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina got a significant boost Thursday in its fight to become a federally recognized tribe. President Donald Trump, just days into his second ...