for federal recognition 2017. Currently a bill is being sponsored. Mattaponi Indian Nation (a.k.a. Mattaponi Indian Reservation). Letter of Intent to Petition 04/04/1995. State-recognized 1983; in Banks of the Mattaponi River, King William County. The Mattaponi and Pamunkey have reservations based in colonial-era treaties ratified by the Commonwealth in 1658. Pamunkey Tribe's attorney told Congress in 1991 that the tribes state reservation originated in a treaty with the crown in the 17th century and has been occupied by Pamunkey since that time under strict requirements and following the treaty obligation to provide to the Crown a deer every year, and they've done that (replacing Crown with Governor of Commonwealth since Virginia became a Commonwealth). Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia. Recognized 2010; in Capron, Southampton County. Patawomeck Indian Tribe of Virginia. Recognized 2010; in Stafford County. Washington Washington has not formally recognized any tribes by statute. However, the state or preceding territorial government has been a party to treaties involving a number of tribes that are not federally recognized.Chinook Indian Tribe. Bay Center. Party to the Tansey Point Treaties West Virginia West Virginia has no office to manage Indian affairs and no state-recognized tribes. See also United States Federally recognized tribes (Lower 48 states) Federally recognized tribes in Alaska Unrecognized tribes, not recognized by state or federal governments Native Americans in the United States List of federally recognized tribes by state List of Indian reservations in the United States List of historical Indian reservations in the United States Outline of United States federal Indian law and policy National Park Service Native American Heritage Sites Canada List of Indian reserves in Canada List of First Nations governments List of First Nations peoples Related Diplomatic recognition List of states with limited recognition List of historical unrecognized states and dependencies Sovereignty Tribal sovereignty Notes References Koenig, Alexa and Jonathan Stein (2008). Federalism and the State Recognition of Native American Tribes: A survey of State-Recognized Tribes and State Recognition Processes Across the United States. University of Santa Clara Law Review, Vol. 48. Sheffield, Gail (1998). Arbitrary Indian: The Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. . Constitution of the United States External sources Miller, Mark Edwin. Forgotten Tribes: Unrecognized Indians and the Federal Acknowledgment Process. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2004. Discusses the state recognition process, the experiences of several state-recognized tribes (the United Houma Nation of Louisiana, and the