Nation
Cheroenhaka (Nottoway)Cheroenhaka (Nottoway)
Not yet reviewed by this nation. What follows comes from public records and research. It does not speak for the nation.
- Recorded status
- Recognized by a state
- Region
- VA
Recognition, as each source states it
Recognition is a legal and political status that governments assign; it is not a measure of who a people are.
- Recognized by a state, VARecognized by the Commonwealth of Virginia (listed by the Secretary of the Commonwealth); nine tribes by act of the General Assembly, two through a treaty, per the source (source does not say which)source
Who is doing the work
Native legal and land defense, nationally
- Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Native-led Litigation and legal advocacy for tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, land and resources Give on their site Website
- NDN Collective (LANDBACK Campaign) Native-led LANDBACK campaign (launched 2020; Mount Rushmore closure and return of Black Hills public lands), Indigenous… Give on their site Website
- Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) Native-led Land recovery and control by tribes and individual Indian landowners Website
- Decolonizing Wealth Project (Indigenous Earth Fund; California Tribal Land Return) Native-led Reparative philanthropy Give on their site Website
Gifts go straight to each organization; this atlas takes nothing. Listing is not endorsement: how organizations are listed.
Sources
- commonwealth.virginia.gov/virginia-indians/state-recognized-tribes/reference work
State recognition is the formal declaration of recognition to an American Indian tribe located in Virginia by the Commonwealth.
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