After thoughtful consideration and consultation with officials at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, the Inauguration Ceremony for the new Lumbee Tribal Chairman and Council Members will be scaled back to only include Tribal officials and close family members and friends of those being sworn in. This reduction in the number of attendees allowed in the Givens Performing Arts Center (GPAC) is due to the increase of COVID cases among Lumbee citizens and our neighbors.