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Chloe Alvarez

@lazyladybug146247 · Jan 12, 2026

CMV: The Lumbee are not legitimate Native Americans

The Lumbee are not a legitimate Native American tribe in the ethnic, cultural, or historical sense required for authentic tribal status — and congressional recognition in December 2025 does nothing to change that fundamental reality.
Despite the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina being declared the 575th federally recognized tribe via attachment to the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (signed by President Trump on December 18, 2025), this political maneuver bypassed every standard of evidence and process that defines legitimate Native American tribal identity. It was not earned through documentation; it was granted through lobbying, political pressure, and inclusion in a massive defense bill — precisely because the group could not meet the rigorous criteria of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Office of Federal Acknowledgment.
The core requirement for tribal legitimacy is clear, continuous descent from a pre-contact or historic Native American tribe, documented through primary records, treaties, censuses, and other evidence. The Lumbee have never provided this.
• Multiple BIA reviews and independent scholarly investigations (including genealogical work by Paul Heinegg in Free

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