Tillis puts tribes & 6 GOP legislators on notice over Lumbee federal recognition

'Something more sinister involved in...objection to the Lumbee being recognized.'

U.S. Sens. Thom Tillis and the now-retired Richard Burr, both Republicans of North Carolina, testified before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs in favor of their Lumbee Recognition Act in Nov. 2021. “As Speaker of the House in North Carolina, I learned about the history and the heritage of the Lumbee Tribe and saw firsthand the work they were doing…