Federal recognition allows Indigenous tribes to conduct a nation-to-nation relationship with the United States government, it is a path to unlocking grants, gaining administrative benefits and gaining sovereignty. It's also a small step toward undoing generations of what some refer to as “paper genocide” in Virginia – where the state’s racial integrity laws denied the Indigenous existence for years.

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