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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : Last month, Trump said he would sign legislation granting federal recognition to the Lumbee.
54% : Mullin suggested that if tribal nations are truly sovereign, they should be able to conduct energy extraction without the burden of federal intervention.
48% : He promised Trump would have a deep understanding of tribal sovereignty.
44% : That message resonated with Robert Chavis Jr., a physical education teacher and Army veteran who was at the rally and will be voting for Trump.
40% : At her art gallery a few miles away in Pembroke, Janice Locklear said Trump promised he would federally recognize the Lumbee last time he was in office, and she had no reason to believe he could accomplish it this time.
34% : And Trump, she said, will have to contend with his reduction of Bears Ears National Monument by 85% and his revival of the Keystone XL pipeline, both unpopular with Indigenous peoples.
34% : However, Native leaders have expressed concern that Trump is more likely to further erode protections for tribal lands.
26% : But looking broader than her community, she said what Trump did on Jan. 6, 2021, represents a nationwide threat to democracy.

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