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(9) in 1793, a Baptist missionary named 
Bradby took refuge with the Chickahominy and took 
a Chickahominy woman as his wife; 
(10) in 1831, the names of the ancestors of the 
modern-day Chickahominy Indian Tribe began to 
appear in the Charles City County census records; 
(11) in 1901, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe 
formed Samaria Baptist Church; 
(12) from 1901 to 1935, Chickahominy men 
were assessed a tribal tax so that their children 
could receive an education; 
(13) the Tribe used the proceeds from the tax 
to build the first Samaria Indian School, buy sup-
plies, and pay a teacher’s salary; 
(14) in 1919, C. Lee Moore, Auditor of Public 
Accounts for Virginia, told Chickahominy Chief 
O.W. Adkins that he had instructed the Commis-
sioner of Revenue for Charles City County to record 
Chickahominy tribal members on the county tax rolls 
as Indian, and not as white or colored; 
(15) during the period of 1920 through 1930, 
various Governors of the Commonwealth of Virginia 
wrote letters of introduction for Chickahominy 
Chiefs who had official business with Federal agen-
cies in Washington, DC; 
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(16) in 1934, Chickahominy Chief O.O. Adkins 
wrote to John Collier, Commissioner of Indian Af-
fairs, requesting money to acquire land for the 
Chickahominy Indian Tribe’s use, to build school, 
medical, and library facilities and to buy tractors, 
implements, and seed; 
(17) in 1934, John Collier, Commissioner of In-
dian Affairs, wrote to Chickahominy Chief O.O. 
Adkins, informing him that Congress had passed the 
Act of June 18, 1934 (commonly known as the ‘‘In-
dian Reorganization Act’’) (25 U.S.C. 461 et seq.), 
but had not made the appropriation to fund the Act; 
(18) in 1942, Chickahominy Chief O.O. Adkins 
wrote to John Collier, Commissioner of Indian Af-
fairs, asking for help in getting the proper racial 
designation on Selective Service records for Chicka-
hominy soldiers; 
(19) in 1943, John Collier, Commissioner of In-
dian Affairs, asked Douglas S. Freeman, editor of 
the Richmond News-Leader newspaper of Richmond, 
Virginia, to help Virginia Indians obtain proper ra-
cial designation on birth records; 
(20) Collier stated that his office could not offi-
cially intervene because it had no responsibility for 
the Virginia Indians, ‘‘as a matter largely of histor-
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ical accident’’, but was ‘‘interested in them as de-
scendants of the original inhabitants of the region’’; 
(21) in 1948, the Veterans’ Education Com-
mittee of the Virginia State Board of Education ap-
proved Samaria Indian School to provide training to 
veterans; 
(22) that school was established and run by the 
Chickahominy Indian Tribe; 
(23) in 1950, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe 
purchased and donated to the Charles City County 
School Board land to be used to build a modern 
school for students of the Chickahominy and other 
Virginia Indian tribes; 
(24) the Samaria Indian School included stu-
dents in grades 1 through 8; 
(25) In 1961, Senator Sam Ervin, Chairman of 
the Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights of the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, requested 
Chickahominy Chief O.O. Adkins to provide assist-
ance in analyzing the status of the constitutional 
rights of Indians ‘‘in your area’’; 
(26) in 1967, the Charles City County school 
board closed Samaria Indian School and converted 
the school to a countywide primary school as a step 
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toward full school integration of Indian and non-In-
dian students; 
(27) in 1972, the Charles City County school 
board began receiving funds under the Indian Self- 
Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 
U.S.C. 458aa et seq.) on behalf of Chickahominy 
students, which funding is provided as of the date 
of enactment of this Act under title V of the Indian 
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
(25 U.S.C. 458aaa et seq.); 
(28) in 1974, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe 
bought land and built a tribal center using monthly 
pledges from tribal members to finance the trans-
actions; 
(29) in 1983, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe 
was granted recognition as an Indian tribe by the 
Commonwealth of Virginia, along with 5 other In-
dian tribes; and 
(30) in 1985, Governor Gerald Baliles was the 
special guest at an intertribal Thanksgiving Day 
dinner hosted by the Chickahominy Indian Tribe. 
SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
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(2) TRIBAL MEMBER.—The term ‘‘tribal mem-
ber’’ means— 
(A) an individual who is an enrolled mem-
ber of the Tribe as of the date of enactment of 
this Act; and 
(B) an individual who has been placed on 
the membership rolls of the Tribe in accordance 
with this title. 
(3) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the 
Chickahominy Indian Tribe. 
SEC. 103. FEDERAL RECOGNITION. 
(a) FEDERAL RECOGNITION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Federal recognition is ex-
tended to the Tribe. 
(2) APPLICABILITY OF LAWS.—All laws (includ-
ing regulations) of the United States of general ap-
plicability to Indians or nations, Indian tribes, or 
bands of Indians (including the Act of June 18, 
1934 (25 U.S.C. 461 et seq.)) that are not incon-
sistent with this title shall be applicable to the Tribe 
and tribal members. 
(b) FEDERAL SERVICES AND BENEFITS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Tribe and tribal members 
shall be eligible for all services and benefits provided 
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by the Federal Government to federally recognized 
Indian tribes without regard to— 
(A) the existence of a reservation for the 
Tribe; or 
(B) the location of the residence of any 
tribal member on or near any Indian reserva-
tion. 
(2) SERVICE AREA.—For the purpose of the de-
livery of Federal services to tribal members, the 
service area of the Tribe shall be considered to be 
the area comprised of New Kent County, James City 
County, Charles City County, and Henrico County, 
Virginia. 
SEC. 104. MEMBERSHIP; GOVERNING DOCUMENTS. 
The membership roll and governing documents of the 
Tribe shall be the most recent membership roll and gov-
erning documents, respectively, submitted by the Tribe to 
the Secretary before the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 105. GOVERNING BODY. 
The governing body of the Tribe shall be— 
(1) the governing body of the Tribe in place as 
of the date of enactment of this Act; or 
(2) any subsequent governing body elected in 
accordance with the election procedures specified in 
the governing documents of the Tribe. 
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SEC. 106. RESERVATION OF THE TRIBE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Fee lands which the Tribe seeks 
to convey to the United States to be held in trust shall 
be considered by the Secretary of the Interior under part 
151 of title 25 of the Code of Federal Regulations (or a 
successor regulation) if such lands are located within the 
boundaries of New Kent County, James City County, 
Charles City County, or Henrico County, Virginia. The 
Secretary shall make a final determination within three 
years of the date which the tribe submits a request for 
land to be taken into trust. Any land taken into trust for 
the benefit of the Tribe pursuant to this paragraph shall 
be considered part of the reservation of the Tribe. 
(b) GAMING.—The Tribe may not conduct gaming ac-
tivities as a matter of claimed inherent authority or under 
the authority of any Federal law, including the Indian 
Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) or under 
any regulations thereunder promulgated by the Secretary 
or the National Indian Gaming Commission. 
SEC. 107. HUNTING, FISHING, TRAPPING, GATHERING, AND 
WATER RIGHTS. 
Nothing in this title expands, reduces, or affects in 
any manner any hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, or 
water rights of the Tribe and members of the Tribe. 
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SEC. 108. JURISDICTION OF STATE OF VIRGINIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The State of Virginia shall exer-
cise jurisdiction over— 
(1) all criminal offenses that are committed on; 
and 
(2) all civil actions that arise on, 
lands located within the State of Virginia that are owned 
by, or held in trust by the United States for, the Tribe. 
(b) ACCEPTANCE OF STATE JURISDICTION BY SEC-
RETARY.—The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to 
accept on behalf of the United States, after consulting 
with the Attorney General of the United States, all or any 
portion of the jurisdiction of the State of Virginia de-
scribed in subsection (a) upon verification by the Secretary 
of a certification by a tribe that it possesses the capacity 
to reassume such jurisdiction. 
TITLE 
II—CHICKAHOMINY 
IN-
DIAN TRIBE—EASTERN DIVI-
SION 
SEC. 201. 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; 
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(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 
(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 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; 
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(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; 
(9) in 1793, a Baptist missionary named 
Bradby took refuge with the Chickahominy and took 
a Chickahominy woman as his wife; 
(10) in 1831, the names of the ancestors of the 
modern-day Chickahominy Indian Tribe began to 
appear in the Charles City County census records; 
(11) in 1870, a census revealed an enclave of 
Indians in New Kent County that is believed to be 
the beginning of the Chickahominy Indian Tribe— 
Eastern Division; 
(12) other records were destroyed when the 
New Kent County courthouse was burned, leaving a 
State census as the only record covering that period; 
(13) in 1901, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe 
formed Samaria Baptist Church; 
(14) from 1901 to 1935, Chickahominy men 
were assessed a tribal tax so that their children 
could receive an education; 
(15) the Tribe used the proceeds from the tax 
to build the first Samaria Indian School, buy sup-
plies, and pay a teacher’s salary; 
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(16) in 1910, a 1-room school covering grades 
1 through 8 was established in New Kent County for 
the Chickahominy Indian Tribe—Eastern Division; 
(17) during the period of 1920 through 1921, 
the Chickahominy Indian Tribe—Eastern Division 
began forming a tribal government; 
(18) E.P. Bradby, the founder of the Tribe, 
was elected to be Chief; 
(19) in 1922, Tsena Commocko Baptist Church 
was organized; 
(20) in 1925, a certificate of incorporation was 
issued to the Chickahominy Indian Tribe—Eastern 
Division; 
(21) in 1950, the 1-room Indian school in New 
Kent County was closed and students were bused to 
Samaria Indian School in Charles City County; 
(22) in 1967, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe 
and the Chickahominy Indian Tribe—Eastern Divi-
sion lost their schools as a result of the required in-
tegration of students; 
(23) during the period of 1982 through 1984, 
Tsena Commocko Baptist Church built a new sanc-
tuary to accommodate church growth; 
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(24) in 1983 the Chickahominy Indian Tribe— 
Eastern Division was granted State recognition 
along with 5 other Virginia Indian tribes; 
(25) in 1985— 
(A) the Virginia Council on Indians was 
organized as a State agency; and 
(B) the Chickahominy Indian Tribe—East-
ern Division was granted a seat on the Council; 
(26) in 1988, a nonprofit organization known 
as the ‘‘United Indians of Virginia’’ was formed; and 
(27) Chief Marvin ‘‘Strongoak’’ Bradby of the 
Eastern Band of the Chickahominy presently chairs 
the organization. 
SEC. 202. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(2) TRIBAL MEMBER.—The term ‘‘tribal mem-
ber’’ means— 
(A) an individual who is an enrolled mem-
ber of the Tribe as of the date of enactment of 
this Act; and 
(B) an individual who has been placed on 
the membership rolls of the Tribe in accordance 
with this title. 
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(3) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the 
Chickahominy Indian Tribe—Eastern Division. 
SEC. 203. FEDERAL RECOGNITION. 
(a) FEDERAL RECOGNITION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Federal recognition is ex-
tended to the Tribe. 
(2) APPLICABILITY OF LAWS.—All laws (includ-
ing regulations) of the United States of general ap-
plicability to Indians or nations, Indian tribes, or 
bands of Indians (including the Act of June 18, 
1934 (25 U.S.C. 461 et seq.)) that are not incon-
sistent with this title shall be applicable to the Tribe 
and tribal members. 
(b) FEDERAL SERVICES AND BENEFITS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Tribe and tribal members 
shall be eligible for all future services and benefits 
provided by the Federal Government to federally rec-
ognized Indian tribes without regard to— 
(A) the existence of a reservation for the 
Tribe; or 
(B) the location of the residence of any 
tribal member on or near any Indian reserva-
tion. 
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(2) SERVICE AREA.—For the purpose of the de-
livery of Federal services to tribal members, the 
service area of the Tribe shall be considered to be 
the area comprised of New Kent County, James City 
County, Charles City County, and Henrico County, 
Virginia. 
SEC. 204. MEMBERSHIP; GOVERNING DOCUMENTS. 
The membership roll and governing documents of the 
Tribe shall be the most recent membership roll and gov-
erning documents, respectively, submitted by the Tribe to 
the Secretary before the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 205. GOVERNING BODY. 
The governing body of the Tribe shall be— 
(1) the governing body of the Tribe in place as 
of the date of enactment of this Act; or 
(2) any subsequent governing body elected in 
accordance with the election procedures specified in 
the governing documents of the Tribe. 
SEC. 206. RESERVATION OF THE TRIBE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Fee lands which the Tribe seeks 
to convey to the United States to be held in trust shall 
be considered by the Secretary of the Interior under part 
151 of title 25 of the Code of Federal Regulations (or a 
successor regulation) if such lands are located within the 
boundaries of New Kent County, James City County, 
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Charles City County, or Henrico County, Virginia. The 
Secretary shall make a final determination within three 
years of the date which the tribe submits a request for 
land to be taken into trust. Any land taken into trust for 
the benefit of the Tribe pursuant to this paragraph shall 
be considered part of the reservation of the Tribe. 
(b) GAMING.—The Tribe may not conduct gaming ac-
tivities as a matter of claimed inherent authority or under 
the authority of any Federal law, including the Indian 
Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) or under 
any regulations thereunder promulgated by the Secretary 
or the National Indian Gaming Commission. 
SEC. 207. HUNTING, FISHING, TRAPPING, GATHERING, AND 
WATER RIGHTS. 
Nothing in this title expands, reduces, or affects in 
any manner any hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, or 
water rights of the Tribe and members of the Tribe. 
SEC. 208. JURISDICTION OF STATE OF VIRGINIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The State of Virginia shall exer-
cise jurisdiction over— 
(1) all criminal offenses that are committed on; 
and 
(2) all civil actions that arise on, 
lands located within the State of Virginia that are owned 
by, or held in trust by the United States for, the Tribe. 
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(b) ACCEPTANCE OF STATE JURISDICTION BY SEC-
RETARY.—The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to 
accept on behalf of the United States, after consulting 
with the Attorney General of the United States, all or any 
portion of the jurisdiction of the State of Virginia de-
scribed in subsection (a) upon verification by the Secretary 
of a certification by a tribe that it possesses the capacity 
to reassume such jurisdiction. 
TITLE III—UPPER MATTAPONI 
TRIBE 
SEC. 301. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) during the period of 1607 through 1646, 
the Chickahominy Indian Tribes— 
(A) lived approximately 20 miles from 
Jamestown; and 
(B) were significantly involved in English- 
Indian affairs; 
(2) Mattaponi Indians, who later joined the 
Chickahominy Indians, lived a greater distance from 
Jamestown; 
(3) in 1646, the Chickahominy Indians moved 
to Mattaponi River basin, away from the English; 
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(4) in 1661, the Chickahominy Indians sold 
land at a place known as ‘‘the cliffs’’ on the 
Mattaponi River; 
(5) in 1669, the Chickahominy Indians— 
(A) appeared in the Virginia Colony’s cen-
sus of Indian bowmen; and 
(B) lived in ‘‘New Kent’’ County, which in-
cluded the Mattaponi River basin at that time; 
(6) in 1677, the Chickahominy and Mattaponi 
Indians were subjects of the Queen of Pamunkey, 
who was a signatory to the Treaty of 1677 with the 
King of England; 
(7) in 1683, after a Mattaponi town was at-
tacked by Seneca Indians, the Mattaponi Indians 
took refuge with the Chickahominy Indians, and the 
history of the 2 groups was intertwined for many 
years thereafter; 
(8) in 1695, the Chickahominy and Mattaponi 
Indians— 
(A) were assigned a reservation by the Vir-
ginia Colony; and 
(B) traded land of the reservation for land 
at the place known as ‘‘the cliffs’’ (which, as of 
the date of enactment of this Act, is the 
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Mattaponi Indian Reservation), which had been 
owned by the Mattaponi Indians before 1661; 
(9) in 1711, a Chickahominy boy attended the 
Indian School at the College of William and Mary; 
(10) in 1726, the Virginia Colony discontinued 
funding of interpreters for the Chickahominy and 
Mattaponi Indian Tribes; 
(11) James Adams, who served as an inter-
preter to the Indian tribes known as of the date of 
enactment of this Act as the ‘‘Upper Mattaponi In-
dian Tribe’’ and ‘‘Chickahominy Indian Tribe’’, 
elected to stay with the Upper Mattaponi Indians; 
(12) today, a majority of the Upper Mattaponi 
Indians have ‘‘Adams’’ as their surname; 
(13) in 1787, Thomas Jefferson, in Notes on 
the Commonwealth of Virginia, mentioned the 
Mattaponi Indians on a reservation in King William 
County and said that Chickahominy Indians were 
‘‘blended’’ with the Mattaponi Indians and nearby 
Pamunkey Indians; 
(14) in 1850, the census of the United States 
revealed a nucleus of approximately 10 families, all 
ancestral to modern Upper Mattaponi Indians, living 
in central King William County, Virginia, approxi-
mately 10 miles from the reservation; 
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(15) during the period of 1853 through 1884, 
King William County marriage records listed Upper 
Mattaponis as ‘‘Indians’’ in marrying people residing 
on the reservation; 
(16) during the period of 1884 through the 
present, county marriage records usually refer to 
Upper Mattaponis as ‘‘Indians’’; 
(17) in 1901, Smithsonian anthropologist 
James Mooney heard about the Upper Mattaponi In-
dians but did not visit them; 
(18) in 1928, University of Pennsylvania an-
thropologist Frank Speck published a book on mod-
ern Virginia Indians with a section on the Upper 
Mattaponis; 
(19) from 1929 until 1930, the leadership of 
the Upper Mattaponi Indians opposed the use of a 
‘‘colored’’ designation in the 1930 United States 
census and won a compromise in which the Indian 
ancestry of the Upper Mattaponis was recorded but 
questioned; 
(20) during the period of 1942 through 1945— 
(A) the leadership of the Upper Mattaponi 
Indians, with the help of Frank Speck and oth-
ers, fought against the induction of young men 
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of the Tribe into ‘‘colored’’ units in the Armed 
Forces of the United States; and 
(B) a tribal roll for the Upper Mattaponi 
Indians was compiled; 
(21) from 1945 to 1946, negotiations took 
place to admit some of the young people of the 
Upper Mattaponi to high schools for Federal Indians 
(especially at Cherokee) because no high school 
coursework was available for Indians in Virginia 
schools; and 
(22) in 1983, the Upper Mattaponi Indians ap-
plied for and won State recognition as an Indian 
tribe. 
SEC. 302. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(2) TRIBAL MEMBER.—The term ‘‘tribal mem-
ber’’ means— 
(A) an individual who is an enrolled mem-
ber of the Tribe as of the date of enactment of 
this Act; and 
(B) an individual who has been placed on 
the membership rolls of the Tribe in accordance 
with this title. 
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(3) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the 
Upper Mattaponi Tribe. 
SEC. 303. FEDERAL RECOGNITION. 
(a) FEDERAL RECOGNITION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Federal recognition is ex-
tended to the Tribe. 
(2) APPLICABILITY OF LAWS.—All laws (includ-
ing regulations) of the United States of general ap-
plicability to Indians or nations, Indian tribes, or 
bands of Indians (including the Act of June 18, 
1934 (25 U.S.C. 461 et seq.)) that are not incon-
sistent with this title shall be applicable to the Tribe 
and tribal members. 
(b) FEDERAL SERVICES AND BENEFITS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Tribe and tribal members 
shall be eligible for all services and benefits provided 
by the Federal Government to federally recognized 
Indian tribes without regard to— 
(A) the existence of a reservation for the 
Tribe; or 
(B) the location of the residence of any 
tribal member on or near any Indian reserva-
tion. 
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H1294
hmoore on PRODPC68 with HMBILLS