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Apply today for the N.C. Commission of Indian Affairs vacant seats for District 1 and / or District 2. Candidates must reside within one of the districts from which the appointment is mandated. District 1: Tribal Council Districts 1, 2, 3, 9 and 14 District 2: Tribal Council District 4, 6, 8, 10, 11 and 13 The purpose of the N.C. Commission of Indian Affairs is to advocate for (or support and promote) Indian communities, tribes, and organizations, and to bring together local, state, and federal money and other resources that can help. It works with government agencies and other groups. The deadline to apply is March 30, 2024. Submit your resume to LaKishia Sweat at lsweat@lumbeetribe.com

Reading Across America is fun and rhyming is cool, Chairman Lowery read to the kindergarteners at South Johnson Elementary School. On this rainy day don’t slumber and lay, join the millions in reading today! Reading for 5 minutes is okay but 30 is better, put in the work and be a trendsetter. Always read! Thank you to the staff at South Johnson in Scotland County for the warm welcome.

As Read Across America continues, Chairman Lowery stopped by Pembroke Elementary School to read to kindergarten and fifth grade! Just like it was a ‘Great Day for Up!,’ it was a great day to read! Thank you to every one, small and tall, for taking the time to read!

The Lumbee Warriors Association is preparing for the annual Military Ball. The event is Saturday, June 22, 2024. For more information, contact SMAJ Gary Deese - 910.734.3057 or MCPO David Locklear - 757.439.5350.

It’s time to Read Across America. Many schools across the nation began the reading campaign today. Lumbee Tribal Chairman Lowery kicked off the week by reading to all of the first grade classes at Deep Branch Elementary. He read 2 books and got lots of smiling looks! The Chairman felt right at home as a former educator. He encourages everyone to read every day, but especially parents read to your children.

Thank you to the Kenan Institute at UNC Chapel Hill & NCGrowth for providing one of our tribal citizens, Patrick Dial, the opportunity to showcase southern cuisine, that features his Lumbee Tribe’s heritage and family traditions. Dial prepared collard wraps, pork barbecue, chicken and pastry, noodle stew, turnip soup with cornbread dumplings, traditional southern chicken salad, as well as chocolate and red velvet cake. The event, NCGrowth’s ‘Engaging for Economic Prosperity,’ featured discussions regarding partnerships between NCGrowth, UNC Chapel Hill, Fayetteville State University, and many others. Chris Clemens, Provost and Chief Academic Officer UNC CH, and Mary Margaret Frank, Dean of the Kenan Flagler Business School, as well as FSU’s Chancellor Darrell T. Allison, and NCGrowth Executive Director Mark Gabriel Little were among those that spoke during the event.

Congratulations to Nancy Strickland Chavis and all of the featured artist in this week’s opening of the "To Take Shape and Meaning: Form and Design in Contemporary American Indian Art," exhibition at the N.C. Museum of Art. It features works by 75 Indigenous artists from over 50 tribes throughout the United States and Canada, including eight from North Carolina. This exhibition was organized by guest curator Nancy Strickland Chavis (Lumbee), Director/Curator of the Museum of the Southeast American Indian at UNC Pembroke. The N.C. Museum of Art celebrated the opening of the exhibit on Thursday night with a reception, which was attended by Native People's from across the country and tribal leaders from our sister tribes across the state. There was also a great number of our Lumbee Citizens who turned out to support this historic exhibition. Lumbee Tribal Chairman Lowery said the reception was a phenomenal event. “I’m so proud of the work that Nancy has put in to curate such a wonderful exhibit,” said Lowery. “Her vision, along with the many artist who have their works featured, make this an incredible exhibit that I encourage all Lumbee to visit.” The exhibition features, some of the most celebrated artist in Indian country. But you will also see beautiful Lumbee highlights in the exhibit. The exhibit will be on display March 2 through July 28, 2024. Find more information visit ncartmuseum.org Transportation from UNC Pembroke has been offered for this weekend to the exhibition. To see if it still available email Blake.tyner@uncp.edu. Space was limited!

Lumbee Tribal Chairman Lowery encourages you to get out and vote on March 5th.

Today, March 2nd is Dr. Seuss's Birthday, but also Read Across America Day. As a part of this celebration, next week schools across the Lumbee Tribal Territory will invite community members, business people and community groups to read to children in honor of Read Across America. We hope you will join in this effort to share the love of reading to children in your community. #ReadAcrossAmerica

The Lumbee Tribe encourages you to get out and vote in 2024. Dr. Jo Ann Chavis Lowery is a Lumbee Educator. She encourages all Native People to vote during the Primary election on Tuesday, March 5, 2024 because it is important.

We say thank you to the employees at Mountaire Farms, Jarrod Lowery and Emily Edminston for their donation of children's books to the Lumbee Tribe Boys & Girls Clubs'. The employees presented the books today during a visit with Lumbee Tribal Chairman John L. Lowery at the Lumbee Housing Complex.