The Lumbee Regional Development Association (LRDA) is a nonprofit corporation, chartered by the State of North Carolina in 1968, organized to analyze and develop solutions for the health, educational, economic, and general welfare problems of rural and urban Indians in and around Robeson County.
Its effective domain includes, but is not limited to, the Counties of Robeson, Hoke, Scotland, and Bladen, i.e., North Carolina’s Planning Region N. Federally funded programs are currently administered by the Lumbee citizens of these neighboring counties, from the LRDA offices in Pembroke, North Carolina.
[7] The Lumbee Regional Development Association (LRDA) is a nonprofit corporation, chartered by the State of North Carolina, organized to analyze and develop solutions for the health, educational, economic, and general welfare problems of rural and urban Indians in and around Robeson.
The effective domain of the LRDA includes, but is not limited to, the Counties of Robeson, Hoke, Scotland, and Bladen, i.e., North Carolina’s Planning Region N. Federally funded programs are currently administered by the Lumbee citizens of these neighboring counties from the LRDA offices in Pembroke, N.C.
This logo is symbolic to the organization, because it displays the message that LRDA will continue to help others in both the present and the future of these designated communities.
In 1971, the LRDA received a grant from the federal government to implement an economic development planning project in Robeson County.
The Lumbee Adult Education project will provide individual and small group reading instructions, motivational counseling, and supportive services to 75 participants in three communities: New Point, Rex Rennert, and Shoeheel.
The purpose of the plan was to ensure and provide enrollment of eligible applicants, regardless of race, sex, creed, color, national origin and/or disability.
[19] The plan seeks out children from the most disadvantaged home taking into account the demographic makeup and targeted areas the program will serve.
It seeks to counsel economical or culturally deprived rural students in grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 on postsecondary educational opportunities available to them.
The drama tells the story of the Lowrie War, which is one of the most important events in North Carolina history.
In the play, Henry Berry Lowrie, a 17-year-old Lumbee Indian boy, is confronted with the unjustified murder of his father and brother at the hands of the Confederate Home Guard.