To be clear, the NC Family Policy Council does not have issue with this.

2758 would make the Lumbee Tribe eligible for hundreds of millions of dollars in federal aid for education, health care, housing, disaster relief, and other purposes. Although Congress recognized the Lumbee Tribe in 1956, it withheld many of the benefits that typically come with full federal recognition. This bill passed with a vote of 357-59 and would grant full federal recognition to the Lumbee Indian Tribe located in Eastern North Carolina. The second bill with North Carolina ties is H.R. North Carolina’s entire congressional delegation voted in favor of this bill, except Madison Cawthorn who voted No, and Alma Adams who did not vote but is a sponsor of the bill. 1619 passes, however, it would essentially invalidate this litigation and legalize the “Catawba Two Kings Casino” just west of Charlotte. Department of the Interior took a parcel of land in Kings Mountain, NC into trust on behalf of the Catawba Tribe, and the tribe is currently operating a “temporary” video-based casino, but that action is the subject of an existing lawsuit by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and could be overturned by the federal courts. Congress has passed a bill to create an off-reservation tribal casino, setting an incredibly dangerous precedent. If enacted, this bill would represent the first time in history that the U.S.

1619-Catawba Indian Nation Lands Act, which would codify in federal statute the authority of the South Carolina-based Catawba Indian Nation to purchase land in Cleveland County, North Carolina for the purpose of establishing a gambling casino. House of Representatives passed two bills that could set the stage for a massive expansion of tribal casino gambling in North Carolina.įirst, the House voted 361-55 to approve H.R.

Last night-on the first day of National Native American Heritage Month-the U.S.

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