The Eastern Band of Cherokee is the only NC tribe with full federal recognition. But NC recognizes seven others.

CHEROKEE, N.C. (WLOS) — The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is about to become a federally recognized tribe. Video Quality ...

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

The distinction for the Lumbee Tribe in North Carolina, signed into law on Thursday, opens access to federal support and ...

The bill reached Trump's desk on Thursday, after the U.S. House passed it with bipartisan support a week earlier and the U.S.

The Senate's passage of the National Defense Authorization Act on Wednesday has also secured the Lumbee Tribe of North ...

While the Lumbee Tribe has received bipartisan support over the years, federal recognition became a campaign promise for both ...

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

PEMBROKE — President Donald Trump is expected to sign the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes the Lumbee Fairness Act to grant the Lumbee Tribe full federal recognition, at 6 p.m ...

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More than 50,000 members of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina may gain federal recognition soon, a move that would grant the ...

A wide-ranging defense spending bill, debated by the Senate on Tuesday, would also grant full federal recognition to the ...