Native American descendants, such as the MS HR50 in which the legislators "commend and congratulate" Vancleave Live Oak Choctaw Tribe for recognition; however, no laws outline formal state-recognition for this or any other group by the State of Mississippi. Mississippi has no office to manage Indian affairs and no state-recognized tribes. Missouri Missouri has no office to manage Indian affairs and no state-recognized tribes. New Jersey Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation. Letter of Intent to Petition 01/03/1992. Ramapough Lenape Nation. Powhatan Renape Nation. New York The Tonawanda Band of Seneca and Tuscarora Nation are both recognized by the state of New York but also federally recognized. Unkechague Poosepatuck Tribe (Unkechaug Nation). North Carolina Coharie Intra-tribal Council, Inc. Letter of Intent to Petition 3/13/1981. Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe. Letter of Intent to Petition 1/27/1979. Notified of "obvious deficiencies" in federal recognition application Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. (Lumbee Regional Development Association Inc., Lumbee Tribe). Letter of Intent to Petition 01/07/1980; determined ineligible to petition (SOL opinion of 10/23/1989). In 2009, Senate Indian Affairs Committee endorsed a bill that would grant federal recognition.<ref name="HR1385">"Virginia tribes take another step on road to federal recognition" in '[Richmond Times-Dispatch, 28 October 2009.</ref> Meherrin Nation. State-recognized 1987. Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation. Letter of Intent to Petition 01/06/1995. Sappony (formerly known as Indians of Person County, North Carolina). Waccamaw-Siouan Tribe. Letter of Intent to Petition 06/27/1983; determined ineligible to petition (SOL opinion of 10/23/1989). Letter of Intent to Petition 10/16/1992; determined eligible to petition (SOL letter of 6/29/1995). Also known as Waccamaw Siouan Development Association. Ohio Ohio has no office to manage Indian affairs and no state-recognized tribes. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania has no office to manage Indian affairs and no state-recognized tribes. Rhode Island Rhode Island has no office to manage Indian affairs and no state-recognized tribes. South Carolina South Carolina recognizes three entities: "state-recognized tribes", "state-recognized groups", and "special interest organizations". As of 2023, South Carolina recognizes nine tribes that are not recognized by the federal government. Beaver Creek Indians. Letter of Intent to Petition 01/26/1998. State-recognized tribe in 2006. Edisto Natchez Kusso Tribe of South Carolina. State-recognized tribe in 2010. Also known as Edisto Natchez-Kusso Indians (Four Holes Indian Organization). Pee Dee Indian Nation of Upper South Carolina. Letter of Intent to Petition 12/14/2005. State-recognized tribe in 2005. Pee Dee Indian Tribe. Letter of Intent to Petition 01/30/1995. State recognized in 2006. Formerly Pee Dee Indian