After decades of seeking federal recognition, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina recently got an executive order signed by US President Donald Trump. For the unversed, the tribe's history dates ...

When explorer John Lawson visited the area in 1701, he heard that the Hatteras Indians claimed that “several of their ancestors were white people … the truth of which is confirmed by gray eyes ...

including the Hatteras, the Tuscarora, and the Cheraw.” Whereas other tribes remained relatively isolated from surrounding communities, the Lumbee tribe assimilated to the surrounding culture ...