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Are you a New or Expecting Mother? Starting at noon today, Carolina Complete Health and UNC-Pembroke’s Healthy Start Program will host their monthly “Empowering American Indian Mothers” session from 12:00 – 1:30 pm to discuss navigating pregnancy, motherhood, pre-natal care, and related items. If you have any questions about the event or would like to RSVP please contact Trish Smith at trishajean.smith@carolinacompletehealth.com . Lunch will be provided and the event will be held at the Lumbee Boys and Girls Club in Pembroke.

Just two days until the "Strike at the Wind!” Outdoor Drama cast returns to the stage to tell the story of Lumbee hero Henry Berry Lowrie! Tickets for the drama are on sale now at Givens Performing Arts Center on the campus of UNC Pembroke. See it live this week at the renovated Adolph Dial Amphitheater on Thursday – Saturday, July 18, 19 & 20 and next week Thursday through Saturday, July 25, 26, & 27. The pre-show begins at 6:40 pm and the drama will begin at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $10 (including tax). The Adolph Dial Amphitheatre is located at the Lumbee Tribe Cultural Center on Terry Sanford Drive in Maxton, NC. To purchase tickets, visit https://www.uncp.edu/resources/givens-performing-arts-center   or call the Givens Performing Arts Center Box Office at 910.521.6361 or you may also purchase tickets in person at the GPAC Box Office.

Thank you to the hundreds of people who pulled out your fishing poles and came out to fish this week at the Lumbee Tribe Cultural Center. It was a great week. Even today people didn’t let the rain stop them from fishing. Tribal Chairman Lowery also took his children fishing on Thursday. Here are 2 “Eating size” fish John Jr. caught; a Crappie and a Bream. Overall they caught 7 fish and released them back into the lake for others to enjoy. The lake is open for fishing from 6 am till 8 pm Monday through Friday and on Saturday 6 am till noon. There is a limit of eight fish. Bass Fish, you may only keep 4 lbs. or higher. Boats are allowed in the lake, but must be washed off at the washing station before entering the lake. No Jet Skis are allowed. Personal kayaks and canoes are allowed. The cost to fish is $3.00 with a Tribal Card and $5.00 without a Card. The cultural center is located on Terry Sanford Drive in Maxton, NC. #happyfishing  #riverpeople

As we welcome families back to the Lumbee Tribe Cultural Center Lake, it is wonderful to have Lumbee Researchers and partners to make sure the water quality is good for our tribal citizens. In April, Dr. Ryan Emanuel, Associate Professor, Duke University and Nicholas School of the Environment installed a weather station to monitor air and soil temperatures, rainfall, soil moisture, wind speed, and several other variables at the lake. Last week, he weathered the heat to install another station on the lake to monitor the water level and a few water quality variables.   Both of these stations have wireless connectivity, which means that the Duke researchers and staff at the Agriculture and Natural Resources Department can access the station remotely to check on current conditions or download recent data.  They hope both of these stations will provide useful information about environmental conditions at the cultural center and over time, they will be able to track changes to environmental conditions around the cultural center.

Like many of our elders Mr. Herman Locklear, shown here with his great-grandson Nicolas, is thrilled to see the lake reopen. Mr. Herman and his brother have helped with the restocking process by catching shell cracker bream and other fish in the spillway and walking them over to the lake over the past 2 years. Mr. Herman has been fishing in the area of the Little Juniper or in the Cultural Center Lake for more than 50 years and since there was a wooden bridge. He is 82 years old. He also helped cut trees out of Cultural Center Lake when the project began. Happy Homecoming!

The Lumbee Tribe of N.C. Culture Class is canceled on July 8, 2024. Culture Class will resume Monday, July 15, 2024.

Join us for Lumbee Night with the Woodpeckers Baseball Team on Saturday, July 20, 2024. The first 1,000 fans through the gates will take home a bobblehead of former Woodpeckers outfielder and current Astros centerfielder. The gates open at 6:05 pm and the game begins at 7:05 pm. Tickets are $9 and $11. There are also ticket with food combos. You may purchase tickets by clicking the link https://fevo-enterprise.com/Lumbeetribe2 or scanning the QR Code.

Tribal Chairman Lowery joined in the 4th of July celebrations on Thursday at one of our largest, small town parades in Robeson County, the Rennert Parade! Our new Senior Ms. Lumbee Mrs. Carolyn McNeill Emanuel also visited the Rennert Community to welcome in our Independence Day with visitors from across the region.

The Lumbee Tribe of N.C. Housing Complex and all tribal offices will be CLOSED on Thursday, July 4, 2024 in observance of Independence Day. Our offices will resume normal operations on Friday, July 5, 2024.

Calling all License Holders and Qualifiers for a Construction Company! The New Construction Department is hosting a mandatory construction meeting on July 18, 2024 at 10:30 am at the Lumbee Tribe Maintenance building (behind the Lumbee Housing Complex)  located at 164 Clovis Drive, Pembroke, NC 28372. All License Holders and Qualifiers for a Construction Company are required to attend in order to participate in the New Construction program. Any General Contractors interested in bidding on the New Construction projects are advised to attend.

Chairman’s Monthly Report | April & May 2024 Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina People of the Dark Water Dear Lumbee People, The Spring was a busy time as we hosted a great number of events for our citizens. For this report, I am going to combine my April and May monthly reports as one. In April, we hosted our Annual Lumbee Honor Cord ceremony at the Robeson Community College Auditorium. At this event we honored over 300 students graduating from high school and different levels of college. The Honorable Jessica Locklear, Superior Court Judge, was our keynote speaker. She discussed her own educational and career journey that led to her recent appointment to become the first American Indian Superior Court Judge in the state of North Carolina. This event continues to grow and we are proud to celebrate our Lumbee graduates as they prepare to be our future leaders. The Lumbee Tribal Council and I recently held educational consultation sessions with the four public school districts within our territory and Old Main Stream Academy Charter School. These consultation session are mandated by federal law and state that these school districts must consult on Indian Education programming with the local Tribe. Our Tribal Council takes these consultation sessions seriously as they recently passed a resolution encouraging greater participation by each LEA. Consultation with the Lumbee Tribe is vitally important and we feel that a new day of cooperation is close at hand with each of these school systems. In May, I was proud to announce that we will receive an additional 10 million dollars in housing money during the upcoming fiscal year 2024-2025. As I work on my budget to present to the Tribal Council, I will propose that we use some of these additional funds to offer housing opportunities that will focus on home ownership. We have bought numerous plots of land during my time as Chairman and these new funds will allow us to start the development on new houses for future home owners. Also in May, we opened six new rental homes to families in the Arrow Point subdivision as part of the “DreamCatcher Arrow Point” project. I was honored, along with Tribal Council members, to hand the keys to these individuals as they walked through the doors of their new homes. The DreamCatcher project had three phases and I am proud of my staff and our contractors for completing all three developments. On May 5th, the Lumbee people lost one of our trailblazers and visionaries, Mr. Horace Locklear. Mr. Horace was the first American Indian to practice law in North Carolina, he was a co-founder of the Lumbee Regional Development Association (LRDA), and was the second Lumbee to serve in the North Carolina General Assembly as a representative in the North Carolina State House. Mr. Horace played a role in many major Lumbee developments from the 1960-1980s and his advice was sought by many as they looked to continue to move our people forward. Many folks talk about doing good for their people, Mr. Horace walked the walk of helping better our Lumbee people and for that we will always be grateful for his life of service. Thank you for allowing me to serve as your Chairman, John L. Lowery

Come by the Lumbee Tribal Housing Complex or visit our online store to purchase your Official Lumbee Tribe of N.C. merchandise. We have NEW Lumbee homecoming shirts, LTNC patch, Jibbitzs, and hats! All proceeds will support the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina Dance of the Harvest Moon Powwow. You may visit the Lumbee Tribal Housing Complex, located at 6984 NC-711 Pembroke, NC 28372, from 8:30 am - 4:30 pm to purchase your official LTNC merchandise. You may also purchase any of our items on our online store at https://lumbee-tribe-of-nc.square.site/s/shop . If you have any questions, please contact 910.521.7861. Adult T-Shirts (50/50): $25 each or 2/$40 Adult Dri-Fit: $25 Kid’s 50/50 T-Shirts: $20 or 2/$30 Kid’s Dri-Fit: $20 2023 Powwow Kid Shirts: $7.00 Patches $8.00 Ball Caps: $30