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Mark your calendar for the Second Annual Lumbee Tribe of NC Bike Fest. You are invited to an afternoon of fun, great food, and biker fellowship. Join us on Saturday, September 13, 2025, from 3 pm to 8 pm at the Lumbee Tribe Cultural Center on Terry Sanford Drive in Maxton. The event is free. Plan for a 50/50 raffle. Participants may also purchase lunch and a commemorative photo, official Lumbee Tribe apparel for purchase, and a cultural presentation. There will be a drive-in car show, a Food Truck Rodeo, and Jamie Hammonds of Cycleworks of Lumberton, one of America's nationally recognized Custom Bike Builders. Individuals must pre-register for the bike show. Registeraation is $20.

Congratulations to Taylor Davis, who was crowned Miss Lumbee on Thursday night. Congratulations also to Keely Deal, who was crowned Teen Miss Lumbee. Taylor is a Communications Information Specialist with the Public Relations team for the Lumbee Tribe of N.C. Taylor also manages tribal social media, oversees the Lumbee Tribe website, coordinates the Lumbee Culture Team outreach and if you have purchased tickets for the Lumbee Powwow or the Gala, Taylor is the person that that generates those tickets for you and facilitates online sales. Her parents are James and Alicia Davis. Keeley’s parents are Bobby and Kelly Deal. Also congratulations to newly crowned Little Miss Lumbee 2025, Jadyn Grace Herndon and Junior Miss Lumbee 2025, Kyndall Elizabeth Locklear. Thank you to all the contestants for giving the Lumbee people such extra extraordinary talent, heart and spirit this week.

Lumbee Homecoming 2025: The parade, UNCP AISES Powwow, and all the fun with family, friends and our community!

Strike at the Wind! Outdoor Drama opens this weekend. The legend of Henry Berry Lowrie lives again on stage for 6 nights on the newly renovated Adolph Dial Amphitheater stage. The production is one of the longest-running outdoor dramas in N.C. The drama debuted at the Lumbee Tribe Cultural Center in 1976. The play tells the story of the Lowrie War, which occurred in 1865. It chronicles the life of Henry Berry Lowrie, who led a band of men in a seven-year battle after the Confederate Home Guard murdered Henry's father and brother. Henry and the Lowrie gang exacted a vigilante justice against the Home Guard of Robeson County and those who actively oppressed the Indian people. Though the Lowrie gang were regarded as outlaws and renegades by those on the wrong end of their guns, the American Indian people for whom they fought hail them to this day as Heroes! The historical Adolph Dial Amphitheater isat the Lumbee Tribe Cultural Center at 628 Terry Sanford Drive, Maxton, NC 28364. Tickets are $20.00 (plus sales tax & fees) and are valid for indicated nights. Please be sure that you are purchasing your intended performance date. Tickets are available at Givens Performing Arts Center on the campus of UNC Pembroke at the box office 910.521.6361 or online at https://www.uncp.edu/resources/gpac/special-events-and-activities/strike-wind

Some roads in our Lumbee Tribal territory are closed today due to flooding from recent rains. Our Lumbee Security Officers have reported that the Lumber River has started flooding across Highway 71 at Campbell Soup Bridge in Maxton and at Recreational Center Road at the Lumbee Tribe Cultural Center. The state closed Recreation Center road off US 74 and Deep Branch Road which runs by the Cultural center before noon today. This flooding is impacting the spillway where our elders fish and walking trails as well as the back dam and back areas of the cultural center are closed due to flooding. If you are at the Lumbee Tribe Cultural center exercising or walking, please use caution due to flooding as well as keep an eye out for wildlife and reptiles.

Lumbee Tribal Chairman John L. Lowery, Tribal Councilman Bobby Emanuel and Tribal Administator Ricky Harris joined newly crowned Miss Lumbee Taylor Davis, Senior Ms. Lumbee Wendy Chavis Locklear, Little Miss Lumbee Jadyn Grace Herndon,Teen Miss Lumbee Keely Deal and other special guest at the celebration of our Independence Day at the annual Rennert 4th of July parade. Happy 4th of July! #umbeetribe

Lumbee Tribal Chairman John L. Lowery welcomed Noelle Talley, the North Carolina Deputy Secretary for the Department of Administration, as she toured in the Lumbee Tribal territory on Friday. Tally is the Deputy Secretary for Advocacy. She toured with North Carolina Commission of Indian Affairs Director Greg Richardson. The tour was part of her visit to Lumbee homecoming.

Great news! The Lumbee Tribe of NC has unveiled its new official merchandise--baby sizes, youth & adult shirts, bibs, flags, and more! Your purchases will help support the Dance of the Harvest Moon Powwow. It’s a fantastic way to show support for your Lumbee community! Visit https://lumbee-tribe-of-nc.square.site/s/shop to shop.

A delegation from the Lumbee Tribe attended the National Congress of American Indian (NCAI) Mid-Year conference in the homelands of the Pequot Nation. Council members Gerald Goolsby, Homer Fields, Pam Hunt, Tribal Chairman John Lowery, and Housing Services Director Bradley Locklear attended on behalf of the Tribe. The delegation heard updates from tribal leaders about numerous items and attended breakout sessions around housing, energy, health care, and tourism. Chairman Lowery also met with Pequot Chairman Rodney Butler, Councilwoman Michele Scott, Councilman Danny Menihan, and General Counsel Jody Cummings to discuss future youth exchanges with our Lumbee Boys & Girls Clubs and other areas of interest.

This past weekend Lumbee Tribal Chairman John L. Lowery visited the tribal homelands of the Tunica Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana. Chairman Marshall Pierite of the Tunica Biloxi Tribe invited numerous tribal leaders from across the country to hear from Trump administration officials and to discuss tribal influence at the national level. Chairman Lowery was honored to be invited by Chairman Pierite and to spend time with other tribal leaders. "I appreciate Chairman Pierite's leadership and his approach to working on national issues that are important to tribal leaders," said Lowery.