Senate Panel Considers Recognition of Tribe in North Carolina.

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News | Date: October 1, 2003 | Copyright information

By E.S. Dempsey, Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Oct. 1--WASHINGTON--The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held a hearing on Sept. 17 about legislation to federally recognize the Lumbee tribe of southeastern North Carolina.

The tribe, which has approximately 53,000 members, is the largest non-federally recognized tribe in the United States. Since the late 1800s, it has tried and failed repeatedly to gain federal statu...

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