Who gets to be Native in America

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North Carolina’s Lumbee Tribe have been pursuing full federal recognition for over 130 years. A campaign promise kept by Donald Trump has given them hope. But it’s also renewed centuries-old questions about who gets to be Native in America.

Featuring:

Sarah Nagem, editor of the Border Belt Independent
John Lowery, Lumbee Tribal Chairman
Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz, author of The Indian Card: Who Gets to Be Native in America

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Check out more reporting from Sarah Nagem and the staff of the Border Belt Independent here.
You can find a transcript of this episode here.

Special thanks this week goes out to WUNC’s Will Michaels for providing us audio from his interview with John Lowery.

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