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Lumbee - Politics, Business, Civil, History - Posted: 13th May, 2006 - 1:40am
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Post Date: 13th May, 2006 - 1:40am / Post ID: #
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| Cheraw community was first observed on Drowning Creek (Lumber River) in present day Robeson County in 1724. Almost 300 years later, we continue to live along the Lumber River. We have been recognized by the state of North Carolina as a tribe since 1885. With this recognition, the state provided educational assistance and other services. In 1887, the state established an All American Indian training school for the Lumbee. This institution grew into a college, which today has an enrollment of approximately 3,000 and is known as the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. It is one of the sixteen institutions that make up the University of North Carolina system. Although recognized by the State of North Carolina and recognized as American Indians by the federal Government, the Lumbee are excluded from most services provided by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Because of the status as a state recognized tribe, the Lumbee receive some federal services and assistance from the Department of Labor, Office of Indian Education, and the Administration for Native Americans. The Lumbee hold no treaty with the federal government. However, the Congress of the United State's in 1956 passed the Lumbee Act which officially recognized the Native American Indians of Robeson and adjoining counties as the Lumbee Indians of North Carolina. This bill contained language that made Lumbee ineligible for financial support and program services administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. This bill was passed at a time of major federal government cutbacks in assistance and services to Indians. |
Amongst outsiders, the Lumbee are not well known. I admit myself that I had never even heard of this indian nation. However, one of the great travestys of this tribes history is the fact that they were made ineligible for support and services from the bureau of indian affairs. Its much like adding insult to injury when you kick someone out of their land, yet refuse to help them settle elsewhere.
https://www.lumbee.org/history2.htm
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