The new leader of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina said he will continue to press for federal recognition.
In June 2009, the House passed a bill to recognize the tribe. The Senate has yet to take action.
. "It is time we get our leaders in Washington, D.C. to recognize the great wrong being done to our people and correct that wrong," chairman Purnell Swett said at his swearing-in ceremony, The Fayetteville Observer reported.
Congress identified the Lumbees as Indians in 1956 but did not allow them to be
treated like other tribes.
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(The Fayetteville Observer 1/15)
Lumbee Recognition Bills:
S.1735
| H.R.31
| H.R.839
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