Native American tribes in VA and NC encouraged by federal recognition bill

Recovered from FSRN’s earlier site via the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Originally published June 5, 2009.

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Six American Indian tribes in Virginia and one in North Carolina could soon be granted federal recognition status., thanks to a bill that moved through the house this week. After years of struggle, tribe members are optimistic that they may finally achieve recognition at the national level. Sam Greenspan reports.