Decree’s history: The first Great Lakes Fishing Decree was approved in 1985, followed by a second decree in 2000. After years of negotiations, four tribes, the state and the federal government ...

Members of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina are awaiting the release of a Department of the Interior report that, as soon as this week, could light a path for federal recognition as a tribal nation.

were developed over the past year in consultation with the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council — a consortium that includes the tribal chairperson or president of each of the 11 federally recognized ...

The Lumbee are a state-recognized tribe that has been seeking federal acknowledgment, a distinction that comes with access to resources like health care through Indian Health Services and the ...

The Lumbee are a state-recognized tribe that has been seeking federal acknowledgment, a distinction that comes with access to resources like health care through Indian Health Services and the ...

The memo required the plan to be created within 90 days, a deadline that comes Wednesday. The Lumbee are a state-recognized tribe that has been seeking federal acknowledgment, a distinction that comes ...