Mattaponi
Americannoun
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The six tribes - Monacan, Chickahominy, Eastern Chickahominy, Nansemond and Upper Mattaponi - have sought federal recognition for about 20 years.
From Washington Times • Jan. 30, 2018
It gives the Rappahannock, Monacan, Nansemond, Upper Mattaponi, Chickahominy and Eastern Chickahominy tribes a status they have sought for two decades.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2018
The tribes are the Chickahominy, the Eastern Chickahominy, the Upper Mattaponi, the Rappahannock, the Monacan and the Nansemond.
From Washington Times • Mar. 21, 2017
Wittman, who grew up fishing for shad on Virginia’s Mattaponi River, agreed that the crowds were down this year but attributed that to the weather.
From Washington Post • Apr. 23, 2016
Our friends are the Arrohateck, the Pamunkey, the Mattaponi, and the Youghtanund.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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