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unusual facts about Rappahannock Tribe



Chickahominy people

In March 2009, Representative Jim Moran sponsored a bill to grant federal recognition to six Virginia Indian tribes: the Chickahominy Tribe, Eastern Chickahominy Tribe, Nansemond, Rappahannock Tribe, Upper Mattaponi Tribe, and the Monacan Nation.

Indian Neck, Virginia

Indian Neck is also home to the Rappahannock tribe of Algonquin Native Americans, who incorporated in 1921 and achieved recognition as a tribe from the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1983, but do not yet have Federal recognition.


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