# 2024-31647: Virginia Tribe Asks Feds: 'Remember Us? We're Still Here'

2024-31647, Receipt of Documented Petition for Federal Acknowledgment as an American Indian Tribe, is a Federal Register notice from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-06, effective 2025-01-06 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-31647
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2024-31647
- Title: Receipt of Documented Petition for Federal Acknowledgment as an American Indian Tribe
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-06
- Effective: 2025-01-06
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Virginia Tribe Asks Feds: 'Remember Us? We're Still Here'

## Summary

The Mattaponi Indian Tribe has officially asked the government to recognize them as a federal American Indian Tribe. This means the public can now review their petition and share comments or evidence by May 6, 2025. If approved, the tribe could gain new rights and benefits, so this is a big deal for the tribe and the community!

## Abstract

The Department of the Interior (Department) gives notice that the group known as the Mattaponi Indian Tribe and Reservation has filed a documented petition for Federal acknowledgment as an American Indian Tribe with the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs. The Department seeks comment and evidence from the public on the petition.

## Effects PRIA read

No economic effects identified for this document.

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## Sources
- [2024-31647 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/06/2024-31647/receipt-of-documented-petition-for-federal-acknowledgment-as-an-american-indian-tribe)
- [2024-31647 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-06/pdf/2024-31647.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-31647 (as of 2026-06-08).