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Rappahannock people
The Rappahannock Tribe are a federally recognizedNative American tribe in Virginia and one of the eleven state-recognizedtribes. They are made up of descendants of several small Algonquian-speaking tribes who merged in the late 17th century.
In January 2018, they were one of six Virginia tribes to gain federal recognition through the Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2017.