That's how long the Lumbee have been denied federal recognition. Now, President Donald Trump is pushing for that to change.

Sign at the entrance of Haskell Indian Nations University, a public tribal land-grant university in Lawrence, Kansas, founded ...

He has Republican allies in Congress on the issue, and now the Lumbee, as well as tribal nations across the country, are watching closely to see what comes next. Tribal nations typically receive ...

Another month has passed with no foresable movement on legislation that would provide full federal legitacy to the Lumbee Nation, which has for more than a century seen nothing but ...

More: What is the Lumbee Tribe? President Trump wants federal ... to be simultaneously introduced in the House and Senate, and tribal officials have been lobbying Congressional members for 12 ...

Tribal Chairman John L. Lowery says this action is a direct follow-through of the campaign promises made by the president and shows his dedication to the Lumbee people.” Numerous North Carolina ...

who is Lumbee. Other agencies he said to include would be anything that goes through IHS, tribal facilities, urban Indian health facilities, programs going through the Centers for Disease Control ...