She’s lost track of the number of times she has been asked to quantify her Indian identity, “sometimes by complete strangers.” Blood quantum as a measure of heredity and skin colour, both ...

The Department of Justice says it will "vigorously defend" Donald Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship, ...

And genetic testing has shown that members share DNA with white people and black people as well as Native Americans. The Lumbee are named for the Lumber River which flows through Robeson county in ...

President Donald Trump issued a host of executive orders on his first day, aiming to reverse many of former President Joe Biden’s policies and kick-start his own “America First” agenda.

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has for years sought federal recognition as a Native American group, and President Donald Trump is pushing for them to have it. Trump on Thursday signed an ...

Trump signed a memo Thursday directing his administration to help advance full federal recognition for the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, a distinction that would unlock access to federal funds.