PEMBROKE — Members of the Lumbee Tribal Council on Thursday learned that the N.C. Indian Cultural Center in Pembroke, site the outdoor drama “Strike at the Wind!,” is being investigated by the state Attorney General’s Office for alleged mismanagement.

The message was delivered by Larece Hunt, of Fairmont, who is a member of the N.C. Commission of Indian Affairs. The Attorney General’s Office, he said, has a number of questions about how the state-owned property is being maintained and managed.

Hunt said that the state has given the cultural center and site manager Harold “Iron Bear” Collins 60 days from June 5 to respond to state concerns about such issues as property subleasing, lack of insurance and no receipts for expenditure of state money for center maintenance and operations. Among other amenities the center includes the amphitheater where “Strike at the Wind!’’ is performed, a golf course, swimming pool and museum.

“There are a lot of questions,” Hunt said. “Who leases the property? Who issues leases? This could open a can of worms. It could get ugly.”

But Collins said this morning that the state has never provided any funding for the center and that he has paid for all of site improvements himself over the past five years.

“I’ve spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on the center and spent thousands of hours working there,’’ he said. “It is now in better shape than it’s ever been.”

Collins said that the information requested by the state regarding insurance and other issues has “already been submitted” by the center’s board of directors. He said that there are no receipts for state-funded expenditures because the state has never provided money to maintain and operate the center.

Collins said that he has been working over the years to create an attraction that will draw tourists to Robeson County, as well as create jobs.

“I’m trying to bring people here,’’ he said. “We’ve got to be positive and move forward.’’

The Tribal Council also:

— Passed a resolution restoring the tribe’s ancestral name, Lumbee River, to the Lumber River. The tribe will now seek support of state and federal legislators in an effort to have the Lumber River officially renamed Lumbee River.

— Recognized Lumbee high school seniors who excelled this year in educational achievements. In addition to receiving a Lumbee pin, prayer pouch and plaque, each student received an American Eagle feather.

“The eagle feather is the greatest honor your tribe can bestow upon you,” Tribal Chairman Jimmy Goins told the students.

Those honored were: Danny D. Francis Jr., the Riverside Christian Academy salutatorian who plans to major in engineering at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke; Jeremy Daniel Locklear, Purnell Swett High School valedictorian who plans to major in Chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Christopher Spaulding, Purnell Swett High School salutatorian who plans to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Elizabeth Jacobs, Red Springs High School salutatorian; and Arieana Van Allen, Robeson County Information Technology High School valedictorian.

Jacobs and Van Allen did not attend the meeting.