The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has for years sought federal recognition, and President Donald Trump is pushing for them ...

President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum outlining a path for the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina to receive ...

Doug Burgum has yet to be confirmed as the new leader of the Department of the Interior but a contentious Indian Country ...

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has pushed for federal recognition for decades. A new executive order instructs Interior ...

The memorandum directs the Department of the Interior to promote and pursue federal recognition of North Carolina's Lumbee ...

President Trump made good on a campaign promise to ask the Department of the Interior to recognize the Lumbee people of North ...

The Lumbee Tribe has sought full federal recognition for years. Despite support from the previous three presidents, the tribe has been unable to get the legislative support it needs.

Though recognized in North Carolina as a tribe in 1885 ... Representatives for the Cherokee nation and other tribes have opposed the repeated attempts to recognize the Lumbee through Congress ...

While the tribe has been recognized by the North Carolina government since the 1800s ... But groups like the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians say that the Lumbee have no right to claim Native ...

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has for years sought federal ... Representatives for the Cherokee nation and other tribes have opposed the repeated attempts to recognize the Lumbee through ...