Gauging the success of an event by how fast the ice cream sells out might seem a bit strange to some folks. To Jessica Eaton Guyer, curator of the Tuscarora Academy Museum in Mifflin, the tasty treats ...

F or almost a century and a half, the federal government denied the Lumbee, the largest tribe east of the Mississippi, ...

Support for Tuscarora recognition has grown, Goodwin said, with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and the Catawba Indian Nation voicing their support. But, he said, “That doesn’t mean anything to ...

‘Gray eyes’ Over time, the Lumbee have been linked to several historic tribes, including the Cheraw, Tuscarora and even Siouan tribes. “One tribal name or a single cultural origin is ...

President Trump made good on a campaign promise to ask the Department of the Interior to recognize the Lumbee people of North Carolina — a tribe whose Native identity has long been called into ...

Whereas other tribes remained relatively isolated from surrounding communities, the Lumbee tribe assimilated to the surrounding culture, speaking English, practicing Christianity and intermarrying ...

SEATTLE — Coastal tribes in the Pacific Northwest experience some of the most severe effects of climate change — from rising seas to severe heat — but face an array of bureaucratic barriers ...

With 55,000 members descended from several tribes, including the Tuscarora, the Lumbee make up the largest Native American tribe in the Eastern United States. Increasingly well-organized and ...

North Carolina recognizes eight tribes: the Coharie, the Eastern Band of Cherokee, the Haliwa-Saponi, the Lumbee, ... The Tuscarora Nation is also based in Robeson County.

North Carolina officials are violating international law and centuries-old treaties by not dealing with the Native American tribe that claims ties to a potentially huge archeological discovery in ...

Tuscarora Nation says bill moving forward in NC legislature violates UN protections for indigenous rights. ... Southerly has said, it’s possible many tribes lived there over the generations.

Without state recognition, members of the Tuscarora Nation are excluded from several benefits typically afforded to Native American tribes. “We are no longer able to compete in powwows, enter ...