(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 
(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; 
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(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; 
(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; 
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(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; 
(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-
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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; 
(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— 
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