if the senate passes this bill to grant recognition, all Native Nations and their claims to sovereignty will be attacked. this would give congress power to legislate who is and isn’t Native. https://twitter.com/ABC11_WTVD/status/1329036632792723460

of course Trump would support this bill because it literally denies nation-to-nation processes to sovereignty. it grants congress full legal jurisdiction over all US-based Native Nations + identity!

i also just have to wonder why the Lumbee’s appropriated Cherokee identity for decades . they told congress to recognize them as Cherokees and literally started a “Cherokee Day School.”

"Tribal recognition should not be granted when so much doubt and uncertainty remain over the Lumbees' lineage and genealogy...

... It is dangerous to pass legislation that short-circuits an established process designed to protect Native American history and identity. That is exactly what H.R. 1964 does and we urge the Senate to reject this bill.” Chief Sneed, EBCI