 "Indian Country Today (Lakota Times)")
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SCIA considers Lumbee federal recognition legislation
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Indian Country Today (Lakota Times)
10-01-2003
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 status.
In 1956 Congress passed ...
