Lumbee Recognition

[heel79]

Going to pass senate tonight. Trump will sign. Should be game-changer for this and surrounding counties but it will take time.

 

[SmilingJack]

Going to pass senate tonight. Trump will sign. Should be game-changer for this and surrounding counties but it will take time.

I’m thinking Riverboat Casino on the Lumber River! Sort of “Ozark” style!

 

[sringwal]

Good, from a tribal perspective. This is long overdue. I recognize that some other tribes are unhappy about this, and I get it, but I also know some Lumbee who our genuinely among the best people I know, and being identified as a tribe matters more than anything to them.

I am worried, however, that Trump is going to wait until the tribe has spent a fair amount of time, energy, and money and before legalizing gambling nationwide. This will, only help the Lumbees if they remain the only game in town.

 

[heel79]

Good, from a tribal perspective. This is long overdue. I recognize that some other tribes are unhappy about this, and I get it, but I also know some Lumbee who our genuinely among the best people I know, and being identified as a tribe matters more than anything to them.

I am worried, however, that Trump is going to wait until the tribe has spent a fair amount of time, energy, and money and before legalizing gambling nationwide. This will, only help the Lumbees if they remain the only game in town.

Lot more to it than a casino. I know you know that.

 

[sringwal]

Lot more to it than a casino. I know you know that.

Excellent point. The fact that there is more to this than a casino was the intent of my first paragraph, just FYI.

 

[Batt Boy]

I realize identity goes beyond DNA (look no further than me - my mom determines what I am to some but I didn't grow up that way), but the Lumbee have next to zero indigenous blood. They area around 85% white and 15% sub-Saharan. Still, if WNC is an analog, many "members" will see an improvement in healthcare and housing. That's a great thing.

 

[Calheel]

Lot more to it than a casino. I know you know that.

Almost all fights around tribal recognition concern casinos. The biggest opponents of recognition are competing casino operators. Tribal recognition has become a huge political football in the Indian Gaming era.

 

[NCK9]

Dispensaries in Kings Mountain?

 

[Purple Nurple]

I realize identity goes beyond DNA (look no further than me - my mom determines what I am to some but I didn't grow up that way), but the Lumbee have next to zero indigenous blood. They area around 85% white and 15% sub-Saharan. Still, if WNC is an analog, many "members" will see an improvement in healthcare and housing. That's a great thing.

Yeah. My DNA was 85% white, 12% Congo, 3% Native.

I feel the actual story of the Lumbee is more interesting than trying to cling on this native narrative.

 

[heel79]

Yeah. My DNA was 85% white, 12% Congo, 3% Native.

I feel the actual story of the Lumbee is more interesting than trying to cling on this native narrative.

Interesting perspective. Clif notes?

 

[Purple Nurple]

Interesting perspective. Clif notes?

Remnants of several tribes, freed slaves, and whites mixing together to survive. We survive and thrived ( relative to the conditions in a res). A couple more generations and everyone will look like us.

 

[heel79]

Passed senate.