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The Lumbee Tribe of N.C. Housing Complex and all Tribal Offices will be closed on Monday, September 2, 2024 for the Labor Day Holiday. Our offices will reopen on regular schedule on Tuesday, September 3rd.

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Thank you to everyone that attended the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina’s District 4 Community Meeting hosted by Councilman Jody Bullard at the Burnt Swamp Fire Department. Lumbee Tribal staff provided key information regarding the services and programs offered to Lumbee Tribal citizens. Attendees had the opportunity to learn about CIP, Crisis Intervention Program, which provides individuals that have experienced a sudden crisis with financial assistance. To better accommodate our tribal citizens that are unable to enroll or update their enrollment during business hours, our Enrollment Department is OPEN until 8 pm on Mondays. Staff also discussed the renovations that will occur at the cultural center. These renovations include completing the other half of the circle of the arbor and adding water and sewer to allow for camping. Dr. Cherry Beasley, Director of Health and Human Services Department, informed the attendees that there were over 800 health surveys that describes and reveals the health needs throughout our tribe and tribal territory. The data collected from these surveys are in Chapel Hill being analyzed. Upon completion, this data will be owned by the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina only. We have some very important events coming up. The Dance of the Harvest Moon Powwow is September 27, 28, & 29, 2024. The annual fish fry and fall festival will be the following Saturday, October 5, 2024. Both events will be at the Lumbee Tribe Cultural Center on Terry Sanford Drive, Maxton. Tribal members are able to apply for services and programs on our website at https://www.lumbeetribe.com/services or call 910.521.7861.

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You are invited to the District 9 & 10 Community Meeting on Tuesday, September 24, 2024 at 6:00 pm at the Four Winds Community Building (1073 Rennert Road Lumberton, NC 28360.) The event is hosted by Councilmen Dewey McNeill and Bobby Emanuel. The meeting will offer information about tribal services and community information. Dinner will be served.

Press Release The Lumbee Tribe of N.C. Health and Human Services Department Receives First National Institutes of Health Award to Research Substance Misuse and Pain Pembroke, NC (August 16, 2024) – On Thursday, the Lumbee Tribal Council accepted an awarded contract from the National Institutes of Health’s Other Transactions Division to research substance misuse and pain. The contract will cover eleven and a half months of work at a cost of $608,042. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) launched the program that will support Native American communities to lead public health research to address overdose, substance use, and pain, including related factors such as mental health and wellness. Totaling approximately $268 million over seven years, this effort will support research projects that are led directly by Tribes and organizations that serve Native American communities, and was established in direct response to priorities identified by Tribes and Native American communities. Dr. Cherry Beasley, Director of the Health and Human Services Department worked with the team to apply for the funding. This is the first time the Lumbee Tribe has received an award from the National Institutes of Health and also the first time having a project that is focusing on gathering research data to improve the health of tribal citizens. “This two-year planning project has four aims: 1) Develop a Substance Misuse Research and Community Advisory Committee; 2) Create a Lumbee Substance Misuse Data Dashboard and Storyboard; 3) Formation of a research training protocol, and, 4) Lay the groundwork for an indigenous cultural adaption of pain management,” said Beasley. She stressed, “The data can then be used to secure funding for addition projects, with the overall goal to offset opioid misuse in our community.” The Lumbee project, entitled “ Building iCRISP: Indigenous Community-Informed Research Infrastructure to address Substance Misuse and Pain Management.” is part of a National Institutes of Health (NIH) collaborative contract with the Lumbee Tribe who will work with other organizations, including the UNC Chapel Hill, Wake Forest University and School of Medicine, UNCP, and CORE. Dr. Ronny Bell, an active member of the Lumbee Tribe, was very influential in obtaining the award. Drs. Bell and Beasley will work with a multi-disciplinary group that will utilize existing community and academic research resources to understand and address the underlying factors associated with substance misuse and pain management among Lumbee Citizens. “We are honored to have this opportunity to collaborate with the Lumbee Tribe to help address these important health issues,” said Bell, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy’s, Fred Eshelman Distinguished Professor and chair of the Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy (DPOP). Lumbee Tribal Chairman John Lowery said drug use and drug abuse within the Lumbee community is prevalent. He thanked the internal team who worked on receiving this first-time funding from the National Institutes of Health. “This first award from NIH will help us research the causes and look for ways to decrease and hopefully eliminate the use of drugs among our Lumbee People,” said Lowery. “I am proud of this partnership with our Lumbee Health and Human Services Department, NIH and the collaboration with Dr. Ronnie Bell. We look forward to their findings. Drug use continues to destroy many lives and any opportunity we have to create programs to intervene and eliminate drug use is welcomed.”

The Lumbee Tribe of NC is joining State and Tribal Leaders to focus on rural development. Lumbee Tribe of NC Director of Housing Services, Bradley Locklear, and Intrim Agriculture & Natural Resources Manager, Larry Edwards, attended the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Tribal Leaders Meeting today in Raleigh, NC, hosted by the North Carolina Commission of Indian Affairs. The meeting focused on rural development, in which USDA Under Secretary Rural Development, Dr. Basil Gooden, spoke about the issues, concerns, and needs associated with American Indian Tribes and communities. Thank you to the NC Commission of Indian Affairs for conducting this forum to address much needed issues surrounding rural development throughout American Indian Tribes’ communities.

You are invited to the District 4 Community Meeting Thursday, August 22, 2024 at 6:30 pm at the Burnt Swamp Fire Department (54 Fire Department Rd., Red Springs, NC 28377.) The event is hosted by Councilman Jody Bullard. The meeting will offer information about tribal services and community information. Dinner will be served.

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