The People of the Dark Water, ​as the Lumbee are known,​ have waited long enough for their rightful place in the federal ...

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

North Carolina Chamber of Commerce's original deadline to apply for Disaster Unemployment Assistance for individuals affected ...

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

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

After over a century since receiving recognition from the state of North Carolina as an Indian Tribe, the Lumbee appear to be ...

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

Doug Burgum has yet to be confirmed as the new leader of the Department of the Interior but a contentious Indian Country issue has already been dumped on his desk.

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.

Trump directed the Department of the Interior Thursday to provide a plan within 90 days on how to get the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina federal recognition through legislation or other means ...

Federal recognition for the nation’s ninth largest Native American tribe has gotten a nod from second-term Republican ...