There, they mingled with each other, free Black people and poor white residents ... the Cherokee Indians of Robeson, the Siouan Indians of the Lumber River and the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina.

Several tribal nations, like the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the only federally-recognized tribe in North Carolina, have opposed the Lumbee's efforts, citing discrepancies in their historical ...

Eisenhower signed the Lumbee Act, which recognized the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina but denied them federal benefits. Lowery, 77, walked around the Museum of the Southeast American Indian on the ...

Several tribal nations, like the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the only federally-recognized tribe in North Carolina, have opposed the Lumbee’s efforts, citing discrepancies in their ...