After over a century since receiving recognition from the state of North Carolina as an Indian Tribe, the Lumbee appear to be ...

LONG VIEW: A group of Cherokee people returned to these ancestral lands in October as part of an ongoing effort to illustrate to the U.S. Forest Service the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians ...

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians petitioned to change the name back to its original Cherokee name. That request has now been granted and Cherokee leaders and visitors are responding.

Rebecca Wolfe Damas, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, is a member of the Class of 2025 inductees into the ...

I’m going to start a weekly column where I’ll highlight a person, group, or program that embodies the spirit of “The Good Stuff”, and I’m starting with Onita Bush who is always happy, always smiling, ...

Federal recognition for the nation’s ninth largest Native American tribe has gotten a nod from second-term Republican ...

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has for years sought federal recognition, and President Donald Trump is pushing for them ...

President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum outlining a path for the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina to receive ...

A ruling by a U.S. Department of the Interior officials has given the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians jurisdiction ...

From 1882 to 1887, Trinity College, then in Randolph County, ran the federally funded Cherokee Industrial Indian Boarding School, enrolling 20 children of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The ...

The Lumbee Tribe has sought full federal recognition for years. Despite support from the previous three presidents, the tribe has been unable to get the legislative support it needs.