For the next 80 days, the patient is personally responsible for a daily copayment, and Medicare pays the rest of covered costs. In 2013, the copayment amount is $148; the amount goes up each year. After 100 days in any benefit period, you are on your own as far as Medicare Part A hospital insurance is concerned.
The Lumbee tribe has mixed origins. Coastal North Carolina was originally the home of Algonquian Indian bands (Pamlico, Hatteras, or Croatan,) Siouan Indian bands (Cheraw and Catawba,) and Tuscarora groups. But many Indians of the east coast died from smallpox and other European diseases after colonists first arrived.
Current Status. 1  Active-The Eastern Band in North Carolina and the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma are officially recognized by the United States Government. 2  Eastern Cherokee, Southern Iroquios, and United Tribes of South Carolina were recognized in 2005 as a group by the state of South Carolina. They are now known as the Eastern Band of Cherokees. 2  Today the Cherokee are presently the largest tribe of Native Americans in the United States. 3  They boast large and prosperous reservations in Oklahoma and North Carolina, and there are smaller groups of Cherokee in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, South Carolina, and Texas.