Native legislative momentum in waning days of 117th U.S. Congress

Lumbee/Choctaw federal recognition, funding for IHS, new trust lands, environmental & cultural protections, Native veteran support, tribal college enhancements all in various stages of progress.

Hundreds of tribal leaders have visited D.C. in recent weeks to lobby the U.S. Congress on various issues. A group of them assembled at last week’s White House Tribal Nations Conference. (courtesy U.S. Interior Department)

WASHINGTON — As tribes await word on whether federal recognition will be granted by the U.S. Congress to the Lumbee Tribe and/or the …