Trump signs Lumbee Fairness Act, providing North Carolina Native American tribe with full federal recognition

By Blake Wolf

President Donald Trump signed the Lumbee Fairness Act into law on Thursday, officially providing the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina full federal recognition.

Congress has considered the move for over 30 years, only coming to fruition after President Trump signed a memorandum in January directing the Secretary of Interior to draft a plan to assist the tribe in obtaining federal recognition.

The Lumbee Tribe first requested federal recognition in the 1980s, which was declined by the Office of Federal Acknowledgement within the Interior Department. The office pointed toward a 1956 Congressional act that acknowledged the Lumbee Tribe while still withholding federal benefits…

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