The Waccamaw Siouan tribe also has a long history and cultural connection to the area, having previously occupied the swamp.

Members of the San Carlos Apache Tribe have achieved "a major step forward" in health care access with the recent opening of ...

Hundreds turned out Thursday for the Annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) March and Ceremony which went ...

The resort could open as early as 2026 or 2027 if approved, creating added competition for the existing casinos in nearby North Carolina. Who is Wallace Cheves & Santee Development Corporation?

PEMBROKE, N.C. (WTVD) -- It's been an uphill battle for the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina to gain full federal recognition for as long as Jo Ann Chavis Lowery can remember. "We're here.

The Lumbee tribe of Eastern North Carolina has been fighting for full federal recognition for decades. Travis Dove For The Assembly But both he and his brother believe they’ve come a long way.

Lawmakers and bureaucrats in Washington saw the Lumbee people as adequately enmeshed in North Carolina’s culture. But they decided the tribe didn’t deserve or need government services “in ...