Wednesday’s vote to grant the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina federal recognition through a defense spending bill marked an ...

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is now officially a federally recognized tribal nation following the signing of a federal ...

Southern North Carolina's Lumbee tribe is now only a signature away from federal recognition, 137 years after they began ...

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has finally received full federal recognition, which it has sought since 1888. Tribal ...

A wide-ranging defense spending bill, approved by the Senate on Wednesday, would grant federal recognition to the Lumbee. It ...

The measure now heads to President Donald Trump, who has long supported the Lumbee Tribe's quest for recognition.

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 term, ...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (UPI) --The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is considering extending federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, whose members have been denied access to federal ...

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, known as the People of the Dark Water, have a long and storied history. The tribe’s members were descendants of several tribal ...

The tribe's legitimacy and unwillingness to go through the normal process to get recognition have been questioned by other ...