Lumbee

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• The Lumbee culture is rich in traditions that celebrate their unique heritage and history.

• The Lumbee Tribe, on the other hand, has been unsuccessful in its quest for complete federal recognition despite efforts dating to the 1880s.

  Academic text (1995)

• Three years later, on June 7, 1956, Congress passed "An Act Relating to the Lumbee Indians of North Carolina." (n83)

  Academic text (1995)

• In this climate, Lumbee tribal spokespersons understandably believe they must define themselves in terms presented by the colonizer.

  Academic text (2009)

• On the other hand, the major argument used by Lumbee opponents is their contention that the Lumbee "lack" certain "genetic" and "cultural" features which other recognized tribes are said to possess.

  Academic text (1995)

• Steedly wrote a dissertation on the work of Vernon Cooper, a Lumbee Indian medicine man in North Carolina.

  Academic text (1999)

• However, the battle for federal aid began with letters to Collier, and eventual aid was aimed at implicitly benefiting the Lumbee Indians.

  Academic text (1999)

• Another concern over the Cherokee situation was its possible implication for the state's Lumbee Indians, a heterogeneous group of uncertain origins who had long been segregated from white society.

  Academic text (1991)

• The Lumbee Nation, unlike the Catawba Nation, which has had bilateral political dealings with European nations, the colony (later state) of South Carolina, and the federal government since the 1700s, has been in active pursuit of either federal acknowledgment or federal aid for a little more than 100 years.

  Academic text (1995)

• The Lumbee people have their own distinct language that reflects their cultural identity.

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