President Donald Trump’s move toward federal recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina fulfills a repeated promise he ...

Sally Brownfield was part of the Squaxin Island Tribe for decades. This spring, the small tribe near Olympia disenrolled her and dozens of other people.

Despite lacking a formal relationship with the U.S. government, the Lumbee Tribe depends on federal funds that are now being threatened by President Trump.

Trinity Locklear, 15, of the Lumbee tribe, dances at the Bravenation Powwow and Gathering at Pembroke at UNC-Pembroke, Saturday, March 23, 2025. Scott Sharpe [email protected] This story is ...

PEMBROKE, N.C. (WTVD) -- It's been an uphill battle for the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina to gain full federal recognition for as long as Jo Ann Chavis Lowery can remember. "We're here.

Updated on April 30, 2025 President Donald Trump's order for his government to fast-track the full federal recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is still ongoing, according to Tribal ...

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 a tribal nation.

Jarrod Lowery remembers the frustration in his grandmother’s voice as they waited in line to receive her updated enrollment card from the Lumbee tribe when he was a child. The Lumbee people had ...