Lumbee Tribal Speaker Alex Baker, second from left, recognizes Taren Hunt, left, Jessica Locklear, second from right, and Lisa Dial Hunt, right, after each recently graduated from UNC Pembroke’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians issued a statement on Wednesday regarding a letter sent to President Donald Trump, claiming ...

PEMBROKE, N.C. (WTVD) -- It's been an uphill battle for the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina to gain full federal recognition for as long as Jo Ann Chavis Lowery can remember. "We're here. We've been ...

With the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act by the Senate on Wednesday, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is all but assured to become a federally recognized tribal nation. The ...

PEMBROKE — Lumbee Tribal Chairman John Lowery shared the following on Friday in his weekly video update on the Tribe’s federal recognition transition: PEMBROKE — Lumbee Tribal Chairman John Lowery ...

Since the 1980s, the Lumbee Tribe has lobbied Congress to acknowledge it as a sovereign nation. There was renewed hope last year when both major party candidates in the presidential election promised ...

Happy Monday! Welcome to Under the Dome. It’s Danielle Battaglia with our weekly edition focused on how the Trump administration is affecting North Carolina. When President Donald Trump campaigned for ...

After decades of political maneuvering through Congress and government agencies, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina may finally achieve federal recognition through the National Defense Authorization ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. An unusually large group of onlookers in the Senate gallery caught Alabama Sen. Katie Britt’s attention. She turned toward the group, ...