Named after | Lumber River[1] |
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Founded at | Pembroke, North Carolina[1] |
Type | State-recognized tribe |
Location | |
Tribal Chairman | John Lowery[1] |
Website | lumbeetribe |
The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is a state-recognized tribe in North Carolina.[2] The tribe represents Lumbee people. They hold federal recognition as a Native American tribe.[2][3] Although the group once self-identified as "Cherokee Indians," the three recognized Cherokee tribes — the Eastern Band, the Cherokee Nation, and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians — deny any historical or genealogical connection to the Lumbee and oppose their federal recognition.[4][5]
With an estimated 55,000 members, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is the largest tribe in the United States east of the Mississippi River.[1]
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