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We hope you will join us for the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the Warriors' Way Veterans Village on Thursday, May 26, 2022 at 11:00 am at 1179 West Boyce Rd. in Rowland, NC . This village community will house (10) ten Veterans in the Rowland Community. There will be a "Flag Ceremony" as well as a Memorial Day Service as part of this special occasion. Please share with your community.

FREE Educational Opportunities with Project IndigeCHOICE. Register now for summer camps. https://indigechoice.lumbeetribe.com/Program

Lumbee Tribal Members, do you need cooling assistance? On Monday, May 16, 2022, our Department of Energy will begin accepting applications for the Cooling Assistance Program. The Low Income Household Cooling Assistance Program (LIHCAP) will provide cooling assistance to low-income households throughout the tribal territory. The program will end on July 8, 2022. Applications for the Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP) are still being accepted also. Program staff members will work with applicants by phone and email to process applications. Completed applications may be emailed to energy@lumbeetribe.com. Completed applications may also be delivered to the white drop-box at the Lumbee Tribal Office at 6984 NC 711 West, Pembroke, NC 28372. Applications are taken daily from 9 am- 4 pm, Monday through Friday. For more information visit https://www.lumbeetribe.com/energydept

Connecting Community, College, and Career through STEM Project 3C will provide American Indian students with the experiences and skills necessary to: accomplish goals, increase similarities between their interests and career choices, and broaden their college and career opportunities in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). This grant program is a Native Youth Community Project funded by the Department of Education. Click here for application https://drive.google.com/.../1jKWF3TxcuZx0zhsTRgh.../view...

Law Enforcement from across the region joined at Robeson Community College on Thursday to pay tribute to law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in honor of National Police Week. It was the 30th Annual Robeson County Executive Law Enforcement Officers’ Association Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony. Lumbee Tribal Chairman John Lowery was the guest speaker for the ceremony. National Police Week is observed every year in May throughout the United States to pay tribute to the local, state, and federal officers who have died or disabled, in the line of duty.

Important information for Lumbee Graduates (The application deadline has been extended to May 18, 2022 to apply for the Lumbee Cords of Honor Ceremony.) Graduates should also RSVP by May 20th. The Lumbee Cords of Honor Ceremony has been moved to Tuesday, May 31, 2022. The event will begin at 6:30 pm at the Lumbee Tribe Boys & Girls Club, which is located behind the Lumbee Tribe Housing Complex at 6984 NC-711, Pembroke, NC 28372 • Each graduate may bring (2) Two Guest • Refreshments will be served • Graduates should arrive to line-up by 5:30 pm To apply visit www.lumbeetribe.com If you have applied and have not received a confirmation email, you may call the Lumbee Tribe Reception Desk to confirm receipt of your application.

Dear Lumbee People, One of the joys of being Chairman of our Tribe is the ability to work with such talented employees. With over 160 employees working for the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, we are reaching our citizens through Housing services, Energy services, Elders services, Youth services, Veteran services, etc., while also collaborating with many partners on a weekly basis. One of our core partners, Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE), has been with us through two hurricanes and the pandemic. With CORE’s help, we were able to provide thousands of COVID tests and vaccinations to our tribal citizens. The work CORE has done is invaluable and I hope we will be able to continue our work together on future events as we hopefully move past the COVID pandemic. We recently met with the CREATE Economic Development Center, which is part of the UNC- Chapel Hill’s Kenan-Flager Business School. CREATE’s Anchor Institutions Creating Economic Resiliency (AICER) is a project between CREATE and UNC-Pembroke. The Lumbee Tribe will work with the AICER project and UNC-Pembroke to support small business owners in our tribal communities. The Lumbee Tribe looks forward to working with the CREATE team and UNC-Chapel Hill. During my swearing in ceremony, I discussed the need to create different advisory groups that would work in a temporary capacity to provide recommendations to my administration and the Tribal Council. The first committee created was the Agriculture Advisory Committee. I asked Mr. Eddie Moore, from the Prospect Community, to Chair this committee. Under Mr. Moore’s guidance, he selected numerous tribal members across the different agriculture sectors to sit on this committee. The group met three times and provided me with a list of recommendations. This month, I will send this list to the Council’s Agriculture Committee, which is chaired by Wendy Moore, to discuss these recommendations and hopefully bring them before the full Council for their consideration. Agriculture is a key component to the Lumbee way of life. I am thankful to Eddie Moore for taking on this task, bringing individuals to the table, and making the necessary recommendations. Once the recommendations have been considered and if passed by the Tribal Council, we will provide further information about the next steps. We welcomed in the Easter Holiday with a Good Friday service. Reverend Horace Oxendine, Pastor at Gray Pond Baptist Church in Scotland County, provided us with words of encouragement as we began the Easter Weekend. We were also blessed with a beautiful rendition of Amazing Grace by Ms. Alexis Lane Jones. I am thankful to Pastor Oxendine and Ms. Jones for volunteering their time to be with us on Good Friday. With the year off to a great start with many fruitful collaborations, the days ahead shine with promise for the Lumbee People. I love you all and I am thankful for the opportunity to serve the Lumbee Nation. John L. Lowery Chairman