Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. The recent presidential action directing the Department of Interior to pursue full ...

Until very recently, when President Trump signed a memorandum directing the U.S. Department of the Interior to move toward full recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina as Native American.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump set a plan in place to advance the full federal recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, according to a White House release. It will allow the U.S ...

Lily Hunt of Fayetteville, a member of the Lumbee Tribe, smiles as she prepares for a switch dance during the Dix Park Inter-Tribal Pow Wow in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, August 26, 2023. Ethan Hyman ...