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March 23, 2015 By SEO Admin

Virginia Indian tribe's quest for federal recognition raises business, casino questions

A Virginia Indian tribe will learn by the end of the month if the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs will recognize it as a federal tribe. If the Pamunkey Tribe gets the nod, it will make it the first in Virginia to do so.

The recognition would not only be of major historical significance for the 200-plus-member tribe located to the east of Richmond, but also economic. The status would make it eligible for federal money to provide housing, education and health care.

But, as The Washington Post reports,…