(The Center Square) – Full federal recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has taken another step forward.
Long sought by the largest American-Indian tribe east of the Mississippi River, and ninth largest in the nation, most members of the Lumbee are in Robeson, Hoke, Cumberland and Scotland counties. Lumbees were denied any federal services and benefits in 1956 when Congress enacted the Lumbee Act.
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