Mattaponi
Americannoun
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After 1600, other Indians — Mattaponi and Patawomecks — moved into the Rappahannock River Valley.
From Washington Post
Under the Piscataway chiefdom, other tribes — including the Yaocomico, Mattawoman, Pamunkey, Mattaponi and Nanjemoy — were interconnected with their own systems of justice, governing and defending themselves.
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“We’re just … asking for the respect that all the other federally recognized tribes across the continent get. Give us a seat at the table when the negotiations get started,” Upper Mattaponi Chief Frank Adams told members of a House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources subcommittee on Wednesday.
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In three years, tribes — Chickahominy, Eastern Chickahominy, Rappahannock, Upper Mattaponi, Monacan and Nansemond and, previously, the Pamunkey — have set up offices and hired professionals to administer the funds, but they have at times struggled to be taken seriously by state and local officials.
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Having received federal recognition in 2018, the Rappahannock and Upper Mattaponi tribes have asked the corps to respect their interests in the historic James River landscape by considering the project’s impact on sites of tribal significance.
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