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The 2016 Senior Ms. Lumbee Pageant Contestants Contestant Number #1 Vista Locklear Contestant Number #2 Betty Locklear Contestant Number #3 Joan Blackwell Contestant Number 4~ Wanda Locklear -McCall

Congratulations to Furnie Lambert on his new appointment as North Carolina Chairman for the Commission of Indian Affairs. The retired U.S. Marine continues to represent our people well.

The Lumbee Tribe filed a lawsuit for trademark infringement and unfair and deceptive trade practices against Anheuser-Busch and R.A. Jeffreys Distributing Company in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. The lawsuit is captioned Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina v. Anheuser-Busch, LLC et al, Case No. 7:16-cv-00148-BO. The lawsuit was filed because of the confusion and outrage created by advertisements for Budweiser and Bud Light which prominently include the Lumbee Tribe’s name, logo, and “HERITAGE, PRIDE & STRENGTH” slogan as well as Tribe-related imagery. In the advertisements, the Lumbee Tribe’s name and trademarks appear in close connection with the Budweiser and Bud Light trademarks in a manner that suggests that the Lumbee Tribe is promoting the sale of Budweiser and Bud Light. Members of the Tribe and others in the community mistakenly believed that the Lumbee Tribe gave its permission for the Tribe’s name and trademarks to be used to sell alcoholic beverages and were offended because alcohol abuse is often associated with Native American culture. The Lumbee Tribe did not give Anheuser-Busch or R.A. Jeffreys Distributing Company its permission to use the Lumbee Tribe’s name or trademarks. The Tribe has requested that the advertisements be removed immediately and filed the lawsuit to ensure that they are.

Senior Ms. Lumbee Angeleta Hunt with two admiring young fans, Aiyana, 9, and Brylan, 1, of the Prospect community near Pembroke. Senior Ms. Lumbee Angeleta Hunt with two admiring young fans, Dannagun, 6, and Dannah, 3, of the Union community near Pembroke

Tribal Chairman Harvey Godwin and Tribal Councilman Jarrod Lowery moments after planting the Lumbee Tribe’s “Federal Recognition Tree” at the Lumbee Tribe’s Indian Cultural Center on Saturday. The tree was planted to honor the memory off all the people who have worked on the tribe’s efforts at full federal recognition through the years. A group of about 50 proud Lumbee tribal members join tribal officials in celebrating the planting of the federal recognition tree, highlighted by comments from Chairman Godwin and Councilman Lowery. God bless the Lumbee Tribe.

A huge thank you to all who came out for the tree-planting ceremony at the Lumbee Tribe’s Cultural Center this evening. Tribal Chairman Harvey Godwin, Senior Ms. Lumbee Angeleta Hunt, Tribal Councilman Jarrod Lowery and Tribal Councilwoman Barbara Lowery are all smiles at the tree after the final scoops of dirt were thrown.

Lumbee Tribal Chairman Harvey Godwin shows documents pertaining to the original Lumbee petition for federal recognition in 1888. His great-grandfather, Quinn Godwin, was one of the 45 men who signed the document. The chairman has vowed to fight for the Lumbee people for full federal recognition.

Reggie Brewer offers up an honor song on the flute to close the tree-planting ceremony at the cultural center on Saturday evening.

A group of Lumbee children do their part to take care of the tree as they water it after the ceremony. Tribal Chairman Harvey Godwin emphasized that full federal recognition is for them more so than any other tribal members because Lumbee children are our future.

The Rev. Jimmy F. Locklear of Cherokee Holiness Methodist Church in the Wakulla community near Red springs offered up a rousing prayer to bless the tree-planting ceremony at the Lumbee Tribe’s Indian Cultural Center on Saturday.

Senior Ms. Lumbee Angeleta Hunt sang a moving rendition of “Amazing Grace” acapela during the Lumbee Tribe’s tree-planting ceremony Saturday evening at the cultural center. Her husband, popular Fairmont barber Odell Hunt, looks on

Don Michael Woods’ beautiful three-bedroom, two-bath home was recently selected as yard of the month for the Lumbee Tribe’s Cheraw Acres subdivision in the Hawkeye community of southern Hoke County. Woods has lived in the home since 2009. He is a 2007 graduate of UNC Pembroke and is now in the graduate program there pursuing a masters degree in public administration. Woods is a social worker for the Hoke County Department of Social Services. Congratulations Mr. Woods on taking pride in your Lumbee tribal home. “I will never forget April 2, 2009. That’s the day I got my home. It made a huge difference in my life. The tribe provided me with a new home. It was my dream to own my own home. They helped me and I’ll forever be grateful for what the Lumbee Tribe did for me. I would encourage others to become educated on the tribe’s housing programs and take advantage of the excellent opportunities available.” Anyone interested in the tribe’s housing program may call (910) 521-7861 or visit www.lumbeetribe.com.