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North Carolina is home to eight federally or state-recognized tribes:

Â鶹ÉçÇø respectfully acknowledges that the lands within and surrounding present-day Robeson County are the traditional homelands and gathering places of many Indigenous peoples — notably the Lumbee.

We share an ongoing responsibility to safeguard these lands and to respect the sovereignty of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. Â鶹ÉçÇø Pembroke honors all Indigenous elders  â€” past, present and emerging — who have been and remain an integral part of the history and culture of this region.