The newest federally recognized tribe wants better healthcare. It may be on its own.

By: Andrew Jones, KFF Health News

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: July 31, 2026

Words: 1,748

Last Updated: 3 days, 4 hours ago

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LUMBERTON, N.C. — Soybean fields surround Angie Lowery’s home in Robeson County, on a plot of rural land in southeastern North Carolina. Dozens of antique gas station signs, 20 feet tall, dominate her front yard. A framed re-creation of The Last Supper, Lone Ranger posters, and a 3-foot-wide tobacco harvesting basket adorn the walls of her home. A collector, Lowery over the years has amassed remnants of her region’s past.

But behind the house, the …

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