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(16,516 posts)Pelosi sent it to the Senate. trump told them in Oct 2020 that he would make sure they were federally recognized. When the bill was sent to the senate, It was referred to committee on 11/17/20.
Lumbee tribe from NC and we've been trying to get federally recognized and it went through everything and Pelosi turned it down.
So you're a 1st nations Native American tribe in full support of trump.
Yes we are. Our county is the biggest county in NC, Roberson County and we're all Native Americans and it used to be Democtrac but this year it went all red. And he actually made a trip to Roberson county and he said, to hiself, I will get you guys federally recognized.
We're excited about that, even though Pelosi knocked it down right now we're still hopeful. As many of us who could come up here from NC to support him, that's what were gonna do.
Fantastic. How has Covid affected your tribe at all
Well our numbers in NC are high and the reason they're is is because NC, lovely people, to get food, um boxed food they have to get in a line, in their cars and get tested for Covid before they can get food. SO that's making out Covid numbers go up in our state. Because more people need food. A lot of people around there don't have, they're not, they don't have a lot of jobs there, so there's a lot of people who have to go in those lines and get food.
So a medicare for all plan that wouldn't help your tribe at all?
It would
Medicare for all will actually help you?
Yes and if we became federally recognized, we would have that. We don't really want a casino, which that's what they think we want.
But we don't. We just want what is available for the Native Americans under the act. The Native American Act