WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump set a plan in place to advance the full federal recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, according to a White House release. It will allow the U.S. to ...

The memorandum directs the Department of the Interior to promote and pursue federal recognition of North Carolina's Lumbee Tribe and submit a plan within 90 days.

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a directive backing federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, a day before he is due to visit the state he won as part of his sweep of ...

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has pushed for federal recognition for decades. A new executive order instructs Interior Department to help.

The Lumbee Tribe on Thursday got a big boost in its longtime effort to gain full federal recognition after President Donald ...

Full federal recognition for the Lumbees, the largest tribe east of the Mississippi River, is on the way from second-term Republican President Donald Trump.