The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is on the verge of full federal recognition after the Senate on Dec. 17 approved a $900 billion defense policy bill, titled the National Defense Authorization Act.

After a 137-year struggle, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has finally received full federal recognition from the U.S. government. Members of the Native American tribe shed tears as it reached the ...

This collection contains all 20 original folios of Thomas Loraine Mckenney and James Hall's History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with biographical sketches and anecdotes of the principal ...

This collection is comprised of the working records of the Handbook of North American Indians, the unpublished photographs, published photographs, editorial correspondence, Illustrations and ...

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is now officially a federally recognized tribe following the signing of a federal defense law that included the Lumbee Fairness Act. On Thursday, Dec. 18, President ...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (UPI) --The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is considering extending federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, whose members have been denied access to federal ...

RALEIGH, N.C. -- 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 ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has announced more than $1 billion in housing grants for American Indian tribes, including nearly $30 million for tribes in ...

State was ordered to adopt tribe-proposed Legislative district map, which replaces a 2021 map said to violate the federal Voting Rights Act. Secretary of State Michael Howe is appealing the order.

The 2022 ribbon cutting for the microgrid serving the San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians tribal government complex. Two local Tribes, the La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians, in partnership with the San ...