Federal Recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina
February 12, 2025
February 12, 2025
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (TNSFR) -- The President of the United States has issued a memorandum directing the Secretary of the Interior to develop a plan for granting full federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina.
The memorandum acknowledges the Lumbee Tribe's historical significance and the longstanding struggle for federal acknowledgment, which dates back to the Lumbee Act of 1956. While the act recognized the tribe's identity, it withheld full federal benefi . . .
The memorandum acknowledges the Lumbee Tribe's historical significance and the longstanding struggle for federal acknowledgment, which dates back to the Lumbee Act of 1956. While the act recognized the tribe's identity, it withheld full federal benefi . . .