IIB 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1294 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 9, 2007 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs 
AN ACT 
To extend Federal recognition to the Chickahominy Indian 
Tribe, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe—Eastern Divi-
sion, the Upper Mattaponi Tribe, the Rappahannock 
Tribe, Inc., the Monacan Indian Nation, and the 
Nansemond Indian Tribe. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal 
Recognition Act of 2007’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—CHICKAHOMINY INDIAN TRIBE 
Sec. 101. Findings. 
Sec. 102. Definitions. 
Sec. 103. Federal recognition. 
Sec. 104. Membership; governing documents. 
Sec. 105. Governing body. 
Sec. 106. Reservation of the Tribe. 
Sec. 107. Hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, and water rights. 
Sec. 108. Jurisdiction of State of Virginia. 
TITLE II—CHICKAHOMINY INDIAN TRIBE—EASTERN DIVISION 
Sec. 201. Findings. 
Sec. 202. Definitions. 
Sec. 203. Federal recognition. 
Sec. 204. Membership; governing documents. 
Sec. 205. Governing body. 
Sec. 206. Reservation of the Tribe. 
Sec. 207. Hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, and water rights. 
Sec. 208. Jurisdiction of State of Virginia. 
TITLE III—UPPER MATTAPONI TRIBE 
Sec. 301. Findings. 
Sec. 302. Definitions. 
Sec. 303. Federal recognition. 
Sec. 304. Membership; governing documents. 
Sec. 305. Governing body. 
Sec. 306. Reservation of the Tribe. 
Sec. 307. Hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, and water rights. 
Sec. 308. Jurisdiction of State of Virginia. 
TITLE IV—RAPPAHANNOCK TRIBE, INC. 
Sec. 401. Findings. 
Sec. 402. Definitions. 
Sec. 403. Federal recognition. 
Sec. 404. Membership; governing documents. 
Sec. 405. Governing body. 
Sec. 406. Reservation of the Tribe. 
Sec. 407. Hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, and water rights. 
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Sec. 408. Jurisdiction of State of Virginia. 
TITLE V—MONACAN INDIAN NATION 
Sec. 501. Findings. 
Sec. 502. Definitions. 
Sec. 503. Federal recognition. 
Sec. 504. Membership; governing documents. 
Sec. 505. Governing body. 
Sec. 506. Reservation of the Tribe. 
Sec. 507. Hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, and water rights. 
Sec. 508. Jurisdiction of State of Virginia. 
TITLE VI—NANSEMOND INDIAN TRIBE 
Sec. 601. Findings. 
Sec. 602. Definitions. 
Sec. 603. Federal recognition. 
Sec. 604. Membership; governing documents. 
Sec. 605. Governing body. 
Sec. 606. Reservation of the Tribe. 
Sec. 607. Hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, and water rights. 
Sec. 608. Jurisdiction of State of Virginia. 
TITLE I—CHICKAHOMINY 
INDIAN TRIBE 
SEC. 101. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) in 1607, when the English settlers set shore 
along the Virginia coastline, the Chickahominy In-
dian Tribe was 1 of about 30 tribes that received 
them; 
(2) in 1614, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe en-
tered into a treaty with Sir Thomas Dale, Governor 
of the Jamestown Colony, under which— 
(A) the Chickahominy Indian Tribe agreed 
to provide 2 bushels of corn per man and send 
warriors to protect the English; and 
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(B) Sir Thomas Dale agreed in return to 
allow the Tribe to continue to practice its own 
tribal governance; 
(3) in 1646, a treaty was signed which forced 
the Chickahominy from their homeland to the area 
around the York Mattaponi River in present-day 
King William County, leading to the formation of a 
reservation; 
(4) in 1677, following Bacon’s Rebellion, the 
Queen of Pamunkey signed the Treaty of Middle 
Plantation on behalf of the Chickahominy; 
(5) in 1702, the Chickahominy were forced 
from their reservation, which caused the loss of a 
land base; 
(6) in 1711, the College of William and Mary 
in Williamsburg established a grammar school for 
Indians called Brafferton College; 
(7) a Chickahominy child was 1 of the first In-
dians to attend Brafferton College; 
(8) in 1750, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe 
began to migrate from King William County back to 
the area around the Chickahominy River in New 
Kent and Charles City Counties; 
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