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INDIAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE APPROVES LUMBEE ACKNOWLEDGMENT ACT FOR FULL SENATE CONSIDERATION
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October 29th, 2003 - Washington, D.C. - Senator Elizabeth Dole today applauded the decision of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs to send the Lumbee Acknowledgement Act to a full Senate vote. This legislation, which would provide full federal recognition for the tribe, is the first bill introduced by Senator Dole.
“Today we have cleared another major hurdle in achieving long-deserved federal recognition for the Lumbee tribe,” said Dole. “I commend the Indian Affairs Committee for understanding that this is an issue of fairness and advancing this legislation one step closer to passage.”
Federal recognition could bring opportunities for economic development, housing, education and health care to the 55,000 Lumbees, most of whom live in and around Robeson County, North Carolina. The Lumbee tribe is the largest American Indian tribe east of the Mississippi River.
Senator Dole has been a leader in pushing this bill through the Senate. After she introduced the Lumbee Acknowledgement Act, Senator Dole successfully secured a hearing before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on September 17, 2003. Today members of the Indian Affairs Committee approved the legislation for consideration by the full Senate by a vote of 14-1.
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