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Federal Recognition for Virginia Tribes

By Helen Oliff | Published: March 6, 2018

On Jan. 11, President Trump signed the Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2017, recognizing the Rappahannock, Chickahominy, Eastern Chickahominy, Upper Mattaponi, Monacan and Nansemond tribes as sovereign nations and bringing the count of federally-recognized tribes to 573.

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Can Tribes be Unrecognized?

By Helen Oliff | Published: July 9, 2017

Not all Native American tribes are federally recognized by the federal government… the [other tribes] are ineligible for critical federal benefits…

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Indians are Persons Under the Law

By Helen Oliff | Published: May 9, 2017

In 1879 a court ruled that Indians are “persons”, a point that should not have been questioned in the first place.

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