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Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina gains federal recognition after decades-long push
The Lumbee Tribe becomes one of 575 federally recognized tribes, gaining access to federal benefits and a government-to-government relationship with the United States.
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Lumbee Tribe added to official list of Federally Recognized Tribes
The Department of the Interior today (Friday, Jan. 30) affirmed its commitment to tribal sovereignty by adding the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina to the official list of federally recognized tribes, formalizing the tribe’s government-to-government relationship with the United States and carrying out federal recognition enacted into law in December 2025.
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