Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Race and money. Those were the keywords in the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina’s latest push for federal recognition at a Capitol ...

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The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina achieved a goal more than a century in the making on Wednesday when it secured federal recognition as a tribal nation through the passage of a defense bill in ...

WASHINGTON — More than 80 members of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina sat Wednesday in the Senate gallery watching lawmakers take a vote that was 137 years in the making. Senators agreed to ...

LUMBERTON, N.C. (AP) — The leader of a southeastern North Carolina tribe is about to join the state legislature to succeed his brother, as the Lumbee’s efforts to attain full U.S. government ...

ROBESON COUNTY, N.C. — A Native American tribe in North Carolina has officially become one of roughly 575 tribes nationwide recognized and listed by the federal government. The Department of the ...

A nearly 140-year fight was won Dec. 18 when President Donald Trump signed a bill granting the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina full federal recognition. The president's signature came after the U.S.

Read full article: Florida leads nation in foreclosure filings, but experts say it’s not a repeat of 2008 housing crash The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina achieved a goal more than a century in the ...

Members of North Carolina’s congressional delegation stand with the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina as the seek federal recognition from Congress. Danielle Battaglia Danielle Battaglia Race and money.