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Lumbee Council filing begins Aug. 18

The Lumbee Tribe will hold an election on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 for seven seats on the Tribal Council of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina.

The Filing period opens Monday, August 18, 2008 and will end Monday, September 15, 2008 at 5 pm.  Candidates may apply at the Tribal Office located at 707 Union Chapel Road in Pembroke from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.

The filing fee for Tribal Council is $150.  Candidates must have maintained their principal place of residence in the particular council district for which the member stands for election no less than the preceding one year, according to the Lumbee Constitution.

The following Tribal District are open for election: one seat in District 2- Back Swamp, Fairmont and Smyrna; one seat in District 3-Lumberton and West Howellsville; one seat in District 5-Prospect and Oxendine; one seat in District 6-North Pembroke and Raft Swamp; one seat in District 7-South Pembroke and Union; District 11-Hoke County, and one seat in District 12-Scotland County. [Absentee Request Ballot]

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  • North Carolina State University Pack A new program that reaffirms the university's mission and proven historical record of access, affordability and student success. Pack Promise guarantees that NC State's neediest students will receive 100 percent of their financial aid requirements. And through unique mentoring and counseling, academic support and advising, undergraduate research opportunities and financial aid counseling, student success and timely graduation will also be ensured.

 

  • North Carolina Indian Fund Scholarship Program North Carolina Indian Fund Scholarship Program was established out of an understanding that resources for meeting the human and economic needs are limited and in response to unmet needs, including scholarship assistance, funding for community based health, human,services, education programs and tribal infrastructure.

 

  • Veteran Affairs scholarship applications According to Agnes Mitchell, Office Manager fro the Lumbee Tribe Office of Veterans Affairs, Pembroke, N.C. District Veterans Service Officer in Fayetteville, the North Carolina Division of Veterans Affairs headed by Charles F. Smith, administers the State’s program of scholarships for children of certain disabled, deceased, combat or POW/MIA veterans.

If you have any other resources for our youth feel free to email your suggestions and help get more of our youth into college.

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