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WASHINGTON Nearly 400 years to the day that English settlers first landed in Virginia, the U.S. House of Representatives voted this week to grant federal recognition and status as sovereign nations to six Indian tribes from the state.
The unanimous voice vote came just days after tribal chiefs danced, drummed and greeted Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown, the first permanent settlement by the English in what they called the New World.See the full content of this document
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6 Indian Tribes Win Federal Recognition
Steve Adkins, chief of the Chickahominy tribe, who watched ...
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