Federal recognition for the nation’s ninth largest Native American tribe has gotten a nod from second-term Republican President Donald Trump.

That instinct is correct - facts relating to tribal history and the existence of Indian ancestry must be at the heart of any federal recognition decision," said Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians ...

His name was Ludovic Grant. He was a Scotsman who wasn’t too fond of the English. In 1715, when he was about 19, Grant joined the Jacobite rebellion, attempting to put James Francis Edward Stuart on ...

The Lumbees have a history of shifting claims, including claiming Cherokee ancestry and other historical tribes ... Self-identification and sincere belief in Indian ancestry, while meaningful on a ...

President Trump made good on a campaign promise to ask the Department of the Interior to recognize the Lumbee people of North ...

The Lumbees have a history of shifting claims, including claiming Cherokee ancestry and other ... Self-identification and sincere belief of Indian ancestry, while meaningful on a personal ...

The Lumbee Tribe, which traces its ancestry back hundreds of years ... Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Principal Chief Michell Hicks said, "federal recognition is not an entitlement.