The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is preparing its first land‑into‑trust application following the acquisition of 241 acres ...

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is now federally recognized after the Interior Department updated its official list following legislation signed in late 2025.

PEMBROKE — Attorney Arlinda F. Locklear will speak at UNC Pembroke on Feb. 12 as part of the UNCP American Indian Studies ...

The Department of the Interior today affirmed its commitment to tribal sovereignty by adding the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina to the official list ...

The Lumbee Tribe has purchased land along Interstate 95 in Robeson County where it's considering building the state's first ...

Tribal leaders say the land off Interstate 95 could be used for a variety of economic development projects. Gaming properties ...

The “services and benefits” which were denied to the Lumbee by the Lumbee Act of 1956, which granted only partial recognition, and are now available after the Lumbee Fairness Act’s passage, are ...

The Lumbee Fairness Act affirmed the tribe's sovereign status and established a government-to-government relationship with the United States.

This week on Native Bidaské, Native News Online Editor Levi Rickert (Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation) interviews Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina Chairman John Lowery. Lowery discusses the long journey ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lumbee Tribal Chairman John L. Lowery (Photo/Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina) Guest Opinion. For nearly 140 years, the Lumbee Tribe ...

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 ...

President Trump on Thursday signed a memorandum asking the Department of the Interior to move towards fully recognizing the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina as Native American. It's a move that could ...