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Recognition of New Indian Tribes Stalled Because of Casino Issue
An ongoing conflict between the federal government and Virginia Native American tribes serves to highlight the role that casino licenses play in the highly politicized business of tribe recognition.

A group of eight state-recognized Virginia Native American tribes has been told that, if they want to win their bid for the fast-track to federal government recognition, they must give up their right to put a casino on their land. While the tribes insist that they do not even want to open a casino on their land, their stated claim is not good enough for federal officials. These officials demand that any bill recognizing these Native American tribes must explicitly state that they do not have any right to open a casino.

Stephen Adkins, chief of the Chickahominy tribe, spoke to reporters about his indignation. "We're not asking for something that is not ours," he said. "We're trying to reclaim that sovereignty that we believe God gave us. Why should man be allowed to take that away from us?" He added that his tribe does not have any desire to operate a casino.

Adkins said that the recognition would mean a great deal more to his tribe and other Virginia tribes than a casino license ever could. Federal recognition would mean access to more scholarship money for the tribes’ young people, a permit to use sacred eagle feathers in traditional ceremonies, special assistance to the tribes’ elders, and other benefits that go beyond the right to a casino permit.

The way in which these tribes are seeking recognition is considered to be highly unorthodox. The tribes, who claim between 3,000 to 5,000 members, have decided to bypass the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs’ recognition process, the usual channel for Native American tribe recognition, in favor of a direct petition before Congress. The tribes claim that their application with the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs has met with systematic and intentional muddling of the documents and genealogic records that serve as the proofs of a tribe’s heritage. The process usually takes 20 years or more. This process has become extremely politicized because of the right to sovereignty that comes with Federal recognition; a right that brings the right to operate a casino on sovereign land.

Because of these purposeful barriers to an already arduous process, the Chickahominy, Upper Mattaponi, Eastern Chickahominy, Monacan, Nansemond and Rappahannock, among others, have decided to petition Congress for recognition directly.

In this case, as in many others, Congressional recognition has stalled because of fears of some conservative members that recognizing these tribes would release a deluge of gambling activity in Virginia. Republican U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf, who sits on the House Appropriations Committee, blames the tribes’ stubbornness for their predicament. These tribes would have been recognized already three years ago, he claims, if only they had agreed to legislation which would contain an “ironclad” promise never to seek a casino license.

This skirmish coincides with the release of yet another Hollywood retelling of the Native American story. The new film The New World, which was released for Christmas this year, stars Colin Farell. It is a retelling of the ubiquitous love affair between Captain John Smith and Indian Princess Pocahontas. Although the film’s history accuracy has come into question, Chief Adkins traveled to Los Angeles to attend the movie’s premiere with the purpose of lobbying for the Virginia tribes’ right to recognition.

Tribal leaders have threatened that, if they are not recognized by the year 2007, they will turn the upcoming grand celebration of the pilgrims’ stay in Jamestown into a noisy protest.

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