What federal recognition of the Lumbee Tribe could mean for reducing health care disparities

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What federal recognition of the Lumbee Tribe could mean for reducing health care disparities

By Leoneda Inge,

Rachel McCarthy

Published February 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM EST

A large welcome to Pembroke sign in the shape of a drum can be seen at the entrance of town in Pembroke, North Carolina on Dec. 12, 2023.

President Trump made federal recognition for the Lumbee Tribe a priority during his campaign and he has since directed the Department of the Interior to develop a plan to make it happen.

Professor Ronny Bell, left, and Dr. Joseph Bell, right

Due South鈥檚 Leoneda Inge is joined by Joseph Bell, a Lumbee pediatrician, and his brother Ronny Bell, a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill public health expert, to talk about what full federal recognition (and a lot of federal dollars) could mean, specifically when it comes to health care and reducing health care disparities in Lumbee communities.

Guests

Ronny Bell, Professor, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Chair of the North Carolina American Indian Health Board

Joseph Bell, MD, pediatrician and managing partner at Children's Health of Carolina

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Leoneda Inge

Leoneda Inge is the co-host of 吉彩网网站's "Due South." Leoneda has been a radio journalist for more than 30 years, spending most of her career at 吉彩网网站 as the Race and Southern Culture reporter. Leoneda鈥檚 work includes stories of race, slavery, memory and monuments. She has won "Gracie" awards, an Alfred I. duPont Award and several awards from the Radio, Television, Digital News Association (RTDNA). In 2017, Leoneda was named "Journalist of Distinction" by the National Association of Black Journalists.

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Rachel McCarthy

Rachel McCarthy is a producer for "Due South." She previously worked at 吉彩网网站 as a producer for "The Story with Dick Gordon." More recently, Rachel was podcast managing editor at Capitol Broadcasting Company where she developed narrative series and edited a daily podcast. She also worked at "The Double Shift" podcast as supervising producer. Rachel learned about audio storytelling at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. Prior to working in audio journalism, she was a research assistant at the Aspen Institute in Washington, DC.

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