The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is preparing its first land‑into‑trust application following the acquisition of 241 acres ...

Kennedy Jones, a student at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, had her college scholarship reinstated following ...

This week on Native Bidaské, Native News Online Editor Levi Rickert (Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation) interviews Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina Chairman John Lowery. Lowery discusses the long journey ...

The Lumbee Tribe has purchased land along Interstate 95 in Robeson County where it's considering building the state's first ...

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is now federally recognized after the Interior Department updated its official list following legislation signed in late 2025.

The list of federally recognized tribes is published in the Federal Register annually. The list comprises 575 American Indian and Alaska Native tribal entities, including nations, tribes, bands, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lumbee Tribal Chairman John L. Lowery (Photo/Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina) Guest Opinion. For nearly 140 years, the Lumbee Tribe ...

After a 137-year struggle, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has finally received full federal recognition from the U.S. government. Members of the Native American tribe shed tears as it reached the ...

President Trump on Thursday signed a memorandum asking the Department of the Interior to move towards fully recognizing the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina as Native American. It's a move that could ...

PEMBROKE, N.C. — Members of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina are awaiting the release of a Department of the Interior report that, as soon as this week, could light a path for federal recognition as ...

Ph. D. University of California, Davis 2016. NMAI copy 39088018925503 purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. This study investigates the experiences of a sample of Lumbee Indian ...