Note: This page includes Executive Orders and Memorandums that were signed on or before January 24, 2025. It will be updated in the coming days, and kept updated to the best of my ability as time goes on
Summary
- Support for the full Federal recognition, including the authority to receive full Federal benefits, of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina
- Orders a plan to declassify documents related to the assassinations of JFK, RFK, and MLK, Jr
Memorandum: “Federal recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina”
- States that it is the policy of the United States to support the full Federal recognition, including the authority to receive full Federal benefits, of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina
- The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina are descendants of several tribal nations from the Algonquian, Iroquoian, and Siouan language families, including the Hatteras, the Tuscarora, and the Cheraw
- 1885, the State of North Carolina recognized the Lumbee people as an Indian tribe
- 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Lumbee Act, which recognized the Lumbee as the Lumbee Indians of North Carolina but denied them the Federal benefits associated with such recognition
- According to the State of North Carolina, the Lumbee Tribe consists of more than 55,000 members, making it the largest tribe east of the Mississippi River and the ninth-largest tribe in the Nation
- 2024, the House of Representatives passed the Lumbee Fairness Act, which would grant the Lumbee Tribe full Federal recognition, but it didn’t make it to consideration by the Senate before the session was over
- Bill was re-introduced in both the House and the Senate on Jan 16, 2025
Executive Order: “Declassification of Records Concerning the Assassinations of President John F. Kennedy”
- Orders a plan to declassify documents related to the assassinations of JFK, RFK, and MLK, Jr
- Within 15 days of the date of this order, the Director of National Intelligence and the Attorney General must present a plan to Trump for the full and complete release of records relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy
- Within 45 days of the date of this order, the Director of National Intelligence and the Attorney General must review records related to the assassinations of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and present a plan Trump for the full and complete release of these records