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Section 02 - $6.8M Land Flip
In December 2025 - the same week our tribe received federal recognition - our tribe paid $6.8M for land a Wyoming shell company had purchased days earlier for $3.2M. That company pocketed $3.6M from our tribal funds in less than a week. Business NC documented this publicly on February 18, 2026. Now - nearly three months later - we have learned something even more troubling.
🚨 Breaking development - now we may know why
One Tribal Council member has directly confirmed to one of our coalition members - and multiple coalition members have independently confirmed - that some Tribal Council members signed a Non-Disclosure Agreement - an NDA - regarding the $6.8M land flip deal.
This means some of our own elected representatives may be legally prevented from telling us the truth about what happened to our tribal funds. This is why there has been three months of silence on a publicly documented transaction.
Is this why
they have not called for an independent investigation?
Is this why
there has been three months of silence on a publicly documented $6.8M transaction?
They signed an agreement - with someone - not to talk about it. We want to know:
• Who asked them to sign that NDA?
• Who drafted it?
• Who benefits from their silence?
• What are they not allowed to tell us - about our own money?
We are calling for the immediate public release of that NDA.
Tribal members have a right to know what some of our elected representatives agreed not to tell us - about our own tribal funds. We demand accountability. We demand transparency. We will not stop asking.
All facts below are sourced from Robeson County public deed records and Business North Carolina reporting (February 2026). These are public documents that any person can verify.
Three numbers. Same land. Same week. No public explanation. No council vote. No member notification.
In plain English: A Wyoming shell company nobody had heard of bought land near I-95 for $3.2 million. Days later, our tribe bought that same land for $6.8 million. The Wyoming company walked away with $3.6 million of our tribal funds. No tribal member was consulted. No explanation has ever been given. And now we know that some council members may have signed an NDA preventing them from telling us why.
Three months of silence
Business NC publicly documented this transaction nearly three months ago. In those three months:
0
Independent investigations ordered by the Tribal Council
0
Council members who have publicly demanded answers
0
Public explanations given to tribal members
If this Tribal Council will not order an independent investigation into a documented $6.8M land flip transaction - what confidence do we have that they will provide proper oversight for a billion-dollar gaming industry?
We are demanding answers
01
Who authorized it?
Who in tribal leadership authorized the purchase of land for $6.8M from a Wyoming company that had just paid $3.2M for it days earlier?
02
Who owns Western Agricultural Holdings?
Who are the owners of the Wyoming shell company that pocketed $3.6M in profit from our tribal funds? No tribal member has ever been told.
03
Why isn't the Tribal Council demanding an independent investigation?
Business NC documented this on February 18, 2026 - nearly three months ago. Not one council member has demanded answers. Is it because some signed an NDA preventing them from speaking?
We are calling for a full independent investigation AND the immediate release of any NDA.
These are not partisan questions. These are not anti-gaming questions. These are basic questions of accountability that every tribal member deserves answered - before a billion-dollar gaming enterprise is placed in the hands of the same leadership that has never explained this deal.
The Business NC article publicly documented this transaction on February 18, 2026 - nearly three months ago. Three months of silence. And now we may know why - some council members signed an NDA. If this council cannot provide oversight on a documented $6.8M land flip transaction - why would we trust them to oversee a billion-dollar gaming operation?
Please ask your tribal representative to call for a full independent investigation and the release of any NDA - click here to see how →
Tell your Tribal Council member we need a full investigation.
Contact them by email, by phone, or if you see them in person. Let them know that tribal members are watching and waiting for answers - and ask them directly whether they signed an NDA.
Contact your Tribal Council member →Published reporting on this transaction
"Lumbee pay $6.8M for possible casino land, 2X previous sales price"
By Ray Gronberg · Business North Carolina · February 18, 2026
Business North Carolina documented this land transaction based on Robeson County public deed records. The article was published on February 18, 2026 - nearly three months before June 23. The Tribal Council has never ordered an investigation in response.
Read the Business NC article ↗Lumbees United for Accountability is not an anti-gaming coalition. Our members hold a range of views on gaming. What unites us is this:
Before a billion-dollar gaming enterprise is authorized, the Lumbee people deserve full accountability for the $6.8M land flip deal - including the immediate release of any NDA and a full independent investigation.
Voting NO does not stop gaming. It forces a referendum or a better amendment - one with independent oversight, transparent revenue reporting, and a balance of power.
If gaming eventually passes, revenues must go to tribal services - healthcare, education, housing, infrastructure and elder care - not to outsiders, insiders or Wyoming shell companies.
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