"Overview and Analysis of H.R. 12216: Legislation Affecting the Lumbee Indians of North Carolina"1967-01-01unknownhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/enghttp://congressarchives.org/record/CAC_CC_009_2_67_23_0019H.R. 12216 seeks to amend the Act of July 7, 1956, relating to the Lumbee Indians of North Carolina. The Lumbee Indians are a rural agrarian people living in Robeson and surrounding counties in North Carolina. They have never had a reservation and have not received services as a group from the BIA. The bill aims to remove restrictions on Lumbee eligibility for programs for non-federally recognized tribes, but will not make them eligible for BIA services as a tribe.