Sec. 201. FINDINGS
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## SEC. 201 FINDINGS Congress finds that— ####
(1)in 1607, when the English settlers set shore along the Virginia coastline, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe was one of about 30 tribes that received them; ####
(2)in 1614, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe entered into a treaty with Sir Thomas Dale, Governor of the Jamestown Colony, under which— #####
(A)the Chickahominy Indian Tribe agreed to provide two bushels of corn per man and send warriors to protect the English; and #####
(B)Sir Thomas Dale agreed in return to allow the Tribe to continue to practice its own tribal governance; ####
(3)in 1646, a treaty was signed which forced the Chickahominy from their homeland to the area around the York River in present-day King William County, leading to the formation of a reservation; ####
(4)in 1677, following Bacon’s Rebellion, the Queen of Pamunkey signed the Treaty of Middle Plantation on behalf of the Chickahominy; ####
(5)in 1702, the Chickahominy were forced from their reservation, which caused the loss of a land base; ####
(6)in 1711, the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg established a grammar school for Indians called Brafferton College; ####
(7)a Chickahominy child was one of the first Indians to attend Brafferton College; ####
(8)in 1750, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe began to migrate from King William County back to the area around the Chickahominy River in New Kent and Charles City Counties; ####
(9)in 1793, a Baptist missionary named Bradby took refuge with the Chickahominy and took a Chickahominy woman as his wife; ####
(10)in 1831, the names of the ancestors of the modern-day Chickahominy Indian Tribe began to appear in the Charles City County census records; ####
(11)in 1870, a census revealed an enclave of Indians in New Kent County that is believed to be the beginning of the Chickahominy Indian Tribe—Eastern Division; ####
(12)other records were destroyed when the New Kent County courthouse was burned, leaving a State census as the only record covering that period; ####
(13)in 1901, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe formed Samaria Baptist Church; ####
(14)from 1901 to 1935, Chickahominy men were assessed a tribal tax so that their children could receive an education; ####
(15)the Tribe used the proceeds from the tax to build the first Samaria Indian School, buy supplies, and pay a teacher’s salary; ####
(16)in 1910, a one-room school covering grades 1 through 8 was established in New Kent County for the Chickahominy Indian Tribe—Eastern Division; ####
(17)during the period of 1920 through 1921, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe—Eastern Division began forming a tribal government; ####
(18)E.P. Bradby, the founder of the Tribe, was elected to be Chief; ####
(19)in 1922, Tsena Commocko Baptist Church was organized; ####
(20)in 1925, a certificate of incorporation was issued to the Chickahominy Indian Tribe—Eastern Division; ####
(21)in 1950, the one-room Indian school in New Kent County was closed and students were bused to Samaria Indian School in Charles City County; ####
(22)in 1967, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe and the Chickahominy Indian Tribe—Eastern Division lost their schools as a result of the required integration of students; ####
(23)during the period of 1982 through 1984, Tsena Commocko Baptist Church built a new sanctuary to accommodate church growth; ####
(24)in 1983 the Chickahominy Indian Tribe—Eastern Division was granted State recognition along with five other Virginia Indian tribes; ####
(25)in 1985— #####
(A)the Virginia Council on Indians was organized as a State agency; and #####
(B)the Chickahominy Indian Tribe—Eastern Division was granted a seat on the Council; ####
(26)in 1988, a nonprofit organization known as the “United Indians of Virginia” was formed; and ####
(27)Chief Marvin “Strongoak” Bradby of the Eastern Band of the Chickahominy presently chairs the organization.