My husband is a green-eyed Lumbee Indian. :-).. The seat of the Lumbee tribe is Pembroke, Robeson County, NC (on border of SC).
The website for the tribe is http://www.lumbeetribe.com/


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Lumbee
Total population
53,000[citation needed]

Regions with significant populations
United States
North Carolina
Virginia

Languages
English
The Lumbee are a Native American tribe of North Carolina, though their origins are disputed. The name "Lumbee" is derived from the region near the Lumber River (or Lumbee River) that winds through Robeson County, North Carolina.

In 1885, the Lumbee were recognized by the State of North Carolina as Croatan Indians. They unsuccessfully sought federal recognition thereafter. In 1951, the Robeson County Commissioners conducted the first tribal election of a name. Tribal members voted for adoption of the name "Lumbee Indians of North Carolina." The Lumbee claim to be descendants of the Cheraw and related Siouan-speaking tribes of Native Americans originally inhabiting the coastal regions of the state of North Carolina.

In 1956, the United States Congress passed House Resolution 4656, known as the Lumbee Act, which recognized the Lumbee as American Indians. However, the Act also specifically prohibited the Lumbee from receiving federal services ordinarily provided to federally recognized tribes through the Bureau of Indian Affairs. As the only tribe in this circumstance,[1] the Lumbee have sought full federal recognition through congressional legislation.[2][3] Federal recognition through congressional legislation is generally opposed by some recognized tribes,[4][5] most recently in 2007.[6]