RD3 - State Recognition Petition of the United Cherokee Indian Tribe of Virginia, Incorporated (Draft)
Executive Summary: Senate Joint Resolution 15, introduced in the 1992 Session by Senator Elliot Schewel, was passed in response to a petition for state recognition by the united Cherokee Indian Tribe of Virginia, Incorporated, which is based in Amherst County, Virginia. On June 12, 1992, a subcommittee appointed by Stephen R. Adkins, Vice-Chair (Acting Chair) of the Council met to receive the petition by the United Cherokee Indian Tribe of Virginia, Incorporated, for state recognition. The Council charged the committee to assess the petition and material provided by the Cherokee Tribe representatives under the criteria for state recognition adopted by the Council in September 1989, and report its findings and recommendations. The subcommittee reviewed a voluminous amount of data presented by the representatives. From a review of all the information presented, the subcommittee concluded that the United Cherokee Indian Tribe of Virginia, Incorporated, did not meet the Council's criteria for state recognition of an Indian tribe. Based on the subcommittee's report of this conclusion, the Council decided that the Cherokee Tribe did not meet its criteria for state recognition. The Secretary of Health and Human Resources concurs in that decision. |
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