Here's the Article on Those Who Identify as "Lumbee"
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article224518065.html
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Note: (Reader Elisabeth Wiener of Durham wanted to know about the history of the Lumbees, their native territory and why they aren’t a federally recognized tribe. She queried CuriousNC, a special reporting project by The Charlotte Observer, The News & Observer and The Herald-Sun that invites readers to ask questions for journalists to answer)... Tribal officials didn’t respond to The Observer’s phone calls and emails for this article.
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