Editorial: Tribal warfare over Lumbee recognition
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
"We don't pretend to know all that drives the Tuscarora Tribe to so vehemently oppose federal recognition for the Lumbee Indians, but we do understand a bottom line - from $77 million to $100 million a year.
That is the amount of money - roughly equivalent to all the dollars tourists leave behind each year in Robeson County - that the Tuscarora leadership would deny their neighbors and fellow American Indians, money that would enhance education, economic development and health care for about 50,000 Lumbees with a history of discrimination and having to settle for less.
But the Lumbees aren't the only ones who would benefit. All of us would, including Tuscaroras, because the money would fuel a stagnant local economy, creating jobs and opportunities."
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Edtorial: Tribal warfare
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Hearing Info:
LEGISLATIVE
HEARING on S. 660, the Lumbee Recognition Act (July 12, 2006)
Lumbee Recognition Bills:
S.660
|
H.R.21
|
H.R.4171
Relevant Links:
Official Lumbee Tribe website -
http://www.lumbeetribe.com
Lumbee Regional Development Association -
http://www.lumbee.org
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