Named after | Patawomeck people, American Indians |
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Formation | 2014[2] |
Type | state-recognized tribe (2010),[3] nonprofit organization (2014)[2] |
EIN 47-1481316 (Patawomeck Indian Tribe of Virginia);[2] EIN 27-1379012 (Patawomeck Heritage Foundation)[4] | |
Purpose | A23: Cultural, Ethnic Awareness[1] |
Headquarters | Stafford County, Virginia[5] |
Location | |
Membership | 2,300[5] |
Official language | English |
President | Charles Bullock (2022)[1] |
Website | patawomeckindiantribeofvirginia |
The Patawomeck Indian Tribe of Virginia is a state-recognized tribe in Virginia and a nonprofit organization of individuals who identify as descendants of the Patawomeck people.
The Patawomeck Indian Tribe of Virginia is not federally recognized as a Native American tribe.[6] The organization has never petitioned for federal recognition.
The Patawomeck people, more commonly known as the Potomac people, are a historic Eastern Algonquian–speaking tribe who lived on the Virginia.[7]
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