Lumbee, Virginia recognition bills on SCIA agenda
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Filed Under:
Recognition
The
Senate Indian Affairs
Committee will consider two federal recognition bills at a business meeting on Thursday.
S.1178,
the Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2009, extends
recognition to the
Chickahominy Tribe, the
Chickahominy Tribe-Eastern
Division, the
Upper
Mattaponi Tribe, the
Rappahannock Tribe, the
Monacan Nation, and the
Nansemond Tribe. The tribes
were the first to greet the European settlers at Jamestown in 1607 and signed
treaties with the Queen of England in 1677.
S.1735 extends recognition to the
Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. Congress identified the Lumbees as Indians in 1956 but did not allow them to be treated like other tribes.
The business meeting takes place at 2:15pm in Room 628 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building.
Committee Notice:
BUSINESS
MEETING on pending committee issues (Thursday, October 15, 2009)
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Virginia recognition bill on Senate panel agenda
(10/20)
Editorial: The right time for Lumbee recognition
(10/19)
Indian Affairs Committee
meeting and hearing (10/16)
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