Hon. Harvey Godwin, Jr.
Chairman, Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina
West Pembroke, NC Dr. Frederick Hoxie
Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois
Urbana, IL Hon. Richard Sneed
Principal Chief, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Cherokee, NC
Chairman, Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina
West Pembroke, NC Dr. Frederick Hoxie
Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois
Urbana, IL Hon. Richard Sneed
Principal Chief, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Cherokee, NC
House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United
States Notice
Legislative
Hearing (December 4, 2019)
Cover photo by North Carolina Department of Transportation Communications shows leaders and citizens of the Lumbee Tribe taking part in the dedication of highway named in honor of the late Jimmy Goins in Raleigh, North Carolina, on June 28, 2017.
Goins served on the tribe's first council and as chairman for two consecutive terms. He was killed in an accident on the highway in 2015.
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