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.

Since the 1980s, the Lumbee Tribe has lobbied Congress to acknowledge it as a sovereign nation. There was renewed hope last year when both major party candidates in the presidential election promised ...

PEMBROKE, N.C. (WNCN) — After more than 130 years, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is on the brink of securing federal recognition. The recognition is part of the National Defense Authorization Act ...

With the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act by the Senate on Wednesday, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is all but assured to become a federally recognized tribal nation. The ...

In a historic move, President Donald J. Trump has signed a presidential memorandum directing the Secretary of the Interior to submit a plan to secure full federal recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of ...

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. We've been ...

Lumbee Tribe representatives take a photo with Gov. Josh Stein during Tuesday’s reception at the Governor’s Mansion in ...

A North Carolina tribe, whose legitimacy has been questioned by other tribal nations, is seeking to obtain federal recognition through the latest annual defense authorization bill. Why it matters: The ...

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 ...

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 ...