Anon tried to get the lumbees of eastern north carolina recognized as a tribe months ago, but no dice.
https://www.lumbeetribe.com/
Dan Blue is from lumberton, and he definitely has chyna connections.
https://www.ncsl.org/blog/2017/08/18/ncsl-chinese-officials-sign-memorandum-of-understanding.aspx
Maybe the CCP is bribing or blackmailing him to keep us from being recognized?