Indigenous Women of Wassamasaw Healing Circle

05/05/2026

Today, May 5th, we stand in remembrance and action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives. This is not just awareness it is accountability. We honor their lives by continuing the fight for justice, visibility, and protection for our communities.

12/25/2025

May this sacred season bring peace to your home, warmth to your fires, and renewal to your spirit. As the winter sun rests low over the waters of Wassamasaw, we give thanks for family, community, and the ancestors who continue to guide us.

May the Creator bless you with good health, steady hands, and a hopeful heart in the coming year. From our lands to yours, we wish you love, reflection, and joy this Christmas season.

With respect and gratitude,
The Etiwan Tribe – Wassamasaw Indian Nation 🌲✨

12/17/2025

For 137 years, the Lumbee Tribe have been fighting for federal recognition, and today the federal government has finally honored that promise. President Trump traveled to Robeson County and pledged to get federal recognition done. He kept that promise and showed extraordinary leadership. With the Senate passage of the NDAA, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina will now achieve full federal recognition and access to every federal benefit they have earned and deserve.

This was a team effort on the part of North Carolina leaders. I am grateful to Chairman John Lowery, Senator Ted Budd, Michael Whatley, and Members of the North Carolina Congressional Delegation – including Representatives Rouzer, Hudson, Harris, McDowell, and Moore – for working together to achieve this historic success.

11/25/2025

🗓️ Save the date!

On 25 November, global leaders will gather at the United Nations for a High-Level Meeting to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

This year’s focus: the rising threat of digital violence — and what governments, tech actors, and communities must do now to protect women and girls.

Tune in for key actions, commitments, and solutions.

🕙 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST
🎥 Webcast: http://unwo.men/R6Ln50XuWK9

11/13/2025

peoples in the South face elevated rates of illness, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. The Tribe and community is no exception.

A Legal-Historical Analysis Centering the Etiwan Tribe of the Wassamasaw Indian Nation

11/12/2025

08/08/2025

Patrice Mazyck

07/08/2025

05/29/2025

On May 28, 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act, which authorized the president to grant land west of the Mississippi River in exchange for the lands of the American Indian tribes living primarily in the southeastern U.S. President Jackson’s message to Congress stated a double goal of the Indian Removal Act: freeing more land in southern states like Alabama and Mississippi, while also separating Native American people from “immediate contact with settlements of whites”

Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

05/05/2025

Today, the honors Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day. On Day, we remember the victims and their families, reaffirming our commitment to working with Tribal Nations and Native communities for justice.