North Carolina’s Lumbee Tribe have been pursuing full federal recognition for over 130 years. A campaign promise kept by Donald Trump has given them hope. But it’s also renewed centuries-old questions about who gets to be Native in America.
Featuring:
- Sarah Nagem, editor of the Border Belt Independent
- John Lowery, Lumbee Tribal Chairman
- Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz, author of The Indian Card: Who Gets to Be Native in America
Links:
- Check out more reporting from Sarah Nagem and the staff of the Border Belt Independent here.
- You can find a transcript of this episode here.
Special thanks this week goes out to WUNC’s Will Michaels for providing us audio from his interview with John Lowery.
