(Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a memorandum to submit a plan to grant federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, a day before he is due to visit the state.
The Lumbee tribe is recognized as a Native American tribe by the state of North Carolina but has been denied full recognition by the federal government.
Trump plans on Friday to travel to areas of western North Carolina recovering catastrophic damage from Hurricane Helene last autumn.
