Trump vowed federal recognition for the Lumbee Tribe if reelected amid criticism of his administration's actions on Native American issues and tribal sovereignty.
Former President Donald Trump, the GOP's presidential nominee, made a bold campaign promise to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina during a rally on Saturday, vowing to grant them federal recognition if he's reelected in November.Speaking at the Aero Center near Wilmington International Airport in North Carolina, the former president addressed a crowd of supporters, including John Cummings, a Lumbee Tribe member and Robeson County board commissioner.
Former Senator Tom Udall, a New Mexico Democrat who was vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, previously accused the Trump administration in 2020 of 'actively undermining Tribal sovereignty' and 'mishandling a once-in-a-century pandemic that is disproportionately hurting Native communities,' in a released memo, fact-checking 'the Trump administration attempt to re-write its Native American Record, False Promises to Tribes.
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