Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe

The Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe is a state-recognized tribe and nonprofit organization in Virginia.[2] The organization identifies as descending from Nottoway people. They are not federally recognized as a Native American tribe.[2]

Cheroenhaka (Nottoway)
Indian Tribe[1]
Named afterNottoway people
Typestate-recognized tribe, nonprofit organization
EIN 34-2005753[1]
PurposeA23: Cultural, Ethnic Awareness[1]
Location
Chairman
Walter D. Brown[1]
Revenue (2020)
$30,957[1]
Expenses (2020)$12,815[1]
Fundinggrants, contributions[1]
Staff (2020)
0[1]
Websitewww.cheroenhaka-nottoway.org

The name Cheroenhaka is the autonym for Nottoway people.[3]

State-recognition
Chief Walter D. "Red Hawk" Brown III of the Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe

The Commonwealth of Virginia recognized the Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe as a tribe in 2010, when the state also recognized the Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia.[4]

Organization

The group formed Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribal Heritage Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in 2005, with the mission to "Educational, charitable and religious. Educational, charitable, and religious."[1] In 2020, the nonprofit held $468,180 in assets and hiring no employees.[1]

The chief is Walter "Red Halk" Brown of Courtland, Virginia.[5]

Notes
  1. "Cheroenhaka -nottoway- Indian Tribal Heritage Foundation". Cause IQ. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  2. "State Recognized Tribes". National Conference of State Legislatures. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  3. Hodge, Frederick Webb (1912). Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico: N-Z. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution. p. 87.
  4. "Virginia Indians". Secretary of the Commonwealth. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  5. "Tribal Directory". National Congress of American Indians. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
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