Virginia tribes focus work on Senate after House win
Thursday, June 4, 2009
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Recognition
Six Virginia tribes are taking their efforts to the
Senate after the
House approved their federal recognition bill on Wednesday.
H.R.1385
recognizes the
Chickahominy Tribe, the
Chickahominy Tribe-Eastern
Division, the
Upper
Mattaponi Tribe, the
Rappahannock Tribe, the
Monacan Nation, and the
Nansemond Tribe.
The bill includes provisions to address land-into-trust and to bar the tribes from engaging in gaming.
Sen. Jim Webb (D-Virginia) introduced
S.1178 as the House passed its bill yesterday.
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Virginia) is a co-sponsor.
"We're very hopeful, but we know there's a lot of work to be done," Wayne Adkins, an assistant chief of the Chickahominy Tribe, told The Washington Times.
The tribes, whose ancestors greeted the European settlers who founded Jamestown, don't want to seek recognition through the
Bureau of Indian Affairs out of concerns that they will not be able to complete the process because state law barred people from identifying themselves as Indian. Some vital documents were destroyed or modified under the law.
Get the Story:
House OKs bill to recognize 6 Virginia tribes
(The Washington Times 6/4)
Recognition for Virginia tribes passes in U.S. House< (The Richmond Times Dispatch 6/4)
Virginia's Indian tribes move closer to U.S. recognition (The Virginian-Pilot 6/4)
House passes bills to recognize seven tribes (AP 6/4)
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