Native American tribes in Virginia

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This page details the status of Native American tribes in the U.S. state of Virginia.

1 History
2 Tribes
3 Federal Recognition
4 Unofficial and former tribes
5 External links

[edit] History

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[edit] Tribes

The following tribes have been recognized by the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Mattaponi Tribe - http://www.baylink.org/Mattaponi/

Pamunkey Tribe - http://www.pamunkey.org

Chickahominy Tribe - http://www.chickahominytribe.org/

Eastern Chickahominy Tribe - http://www.cied.org/

Monacan Indian Nation - http://www.monacannation.com/

Nansemond Tribe - http://www.nansemond.org/

Rappahannock Tribe - http://rappahannocktribe.org/

Upper Mattaponi Tribe - http://www.uppermattaponi.org/

[edit] Federal Recognition

There have been various bills before Congress with the goal of acquiring federal recognition for six Virginia Tribes. Sponsors of such Federal recognition bills have been Senator George Allen, R-Va and Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va. These bills would grant federal recognition to the Chickahominy, Eastern Chickahominy, Upper Mattaponi, Rappahannock and Nansemond Tribes, and Monacan Indian Nation.

On May 8th, 2007, the US House of Representatives passed a bill extending federal recognition to the six tribes mentioned above. It has not been passed by the Senate.