The distinction for the Lumbee Tribe in North Carolina, signed into law on Thursday, opens access to federal support and defies challenges from other tribes over their legitimacy.
John L. Lowery, center, the Lumbee Tribe chairman, led a toast to celebrate the passage of a bill granting the tribe federal recognition, in Washington on Wednesday.
During his 16 years in office, he earned national acclaim for his focus on education. But losing his bid for the Senate in 1984 cost him a shot at the presidency.
Gov. James B. Hunt Jr. of North Carolina in 1982. He sustained the state’s Democrats as a political force for more than a quarter century, even as he lost a vicious Senate race to Jesse Helms in 1984.
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