Official Facility of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina
Golden sunset spreading across the Cultural Center lake in Pembroke, North Carolina — Lumbee homeland waters at day's end.
Wą·hką Yéhiye · Medicine Waters

Healing carried by our
people, our waters, our way.

A Tribal Health Center of Excellence where modern medicine, behavioral health, and Lumbee cultural values come together to care for mind, body, spirit, and community.

Open
Mon–Thu · 8a–5p · Fri 8a–2p
Call
(910) 668-6046
Visit
201 Livermore Dr., Pembroke, NC 28372

Our Welcome

A new era of Tribal health and wellness.

Medicine Waters Clinic represents a historic milestone following federal recognition of the Lumbee Tribe — a model for Tribal healthcare innovation that brings primary care, behavioral health, recovery, care management, and culturally grounded wellness into one coordinated home.

In partnership with Southeastern Integrated Care and Trillium Health Resources, we advance our Tribe's vision of health sovereignty and accessible, community-centered care for generations to come.

Read our story
Cypress and wetlands behind the Cultural Center.

Rooted in the land, the water, and the long story of our people.

What we offer

Five pillars of whole-person care.

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Integrated Primary Care

Prevention, chronic disease management, and whole-person care for every generation.

Behavioral Health & Recovery

Counseling, psychiatry, trauma-informed care, substance use treatment, and peer support.

Care Management & Navigation

Help with benefits, transportation, housing, food access, and connecting to community services.

Cultural Healing & Wellness

Lumbee traditions, holistic practices, and community-rooted approaches to wellness.

Family, Youth & Elders

Specialized programs for children, adolescents, families, and our wisdom keepers.

Veterans Services

Whole-health support for Native veterans, military families, and those who have served.

A Lumbee elder and grandchild at a community center

Cultural healing

Wellness across generations.

From our elders to our youngest relatives, we honor the teachings, language, and gatherings that have always carried our people forward. Cultural practice is not separate from care — it is care.

  • Talking circles, drum, and traditional gatherings
  • Lumbee River walks and land-based wellness
  • Elder mentorship and youth identity programs
  • Trauma-informed, community-led recovery
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Connected Infrastructure

Patient & Partner Portals

Access secure healthcare services, submit professional referrals, and connect with regional Tribal care networks.

EHR Patient Portal
Log in securely to view records, message clinical staff, check lab results, and manage active prescriptions.
Provider Referral Portal
For professional healthcare partners seeking secure, HIPAA-compliant patient intake and referral processing.
Community Navigation
Direct connection to NCCARE360 coordination structures and Trillium Health Resources partner utilities.

Our land, our people

Where medicine grows.

From ceremony to cypress swamps, the Lumbee Cultural Center is woven into how we heal.

Smudging Ceremony
Smudging Ceremony

A ceremonial smudging with eagle feather — a moment of prayer and cleansing.

Looking Up
Looking Up

Sunlight through the canopy — a reminder of the sky our ancestors walked under.

Lumbee Tobacco
Lumbee Tobacco

Sacred tobacco in bloom — grown for ceremony and prayer.

Grand Entry — Lumbee Tribe Powwow
Grand Entry — Lumbee Tribe Powwow

Aerial view of Grand Entry at the Lumbee Tribe Powwow held at the Cultural Center.

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“Our medicine has always lived in the river, in our language, in the way we gather. Medicine Waters is a place where all of it can be healthcare.”

A Lumbee Tribal Elder

Meet our team

Providers who know our people.

Physicians, behavioral health clinicians, care coordinators, community health workers, and Tribal wellness staff — working together on one team, for one community.

Meet our team
A Native American healthcare provider speaking with a patient

Find us

Come by the clinic.

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201 Livermore Dr. Pembroke, NC 28372

Call us

Main: (910) 668-6046 24/7 Crisis: 988

Hours

Mon–Thu · 8:00a–5:00p Fri · 8:00a–2:00p