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Rep. Jennifer McClellan has reintroduced a bill to grant federal recognition to the Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia.

The Nottoway tribe has been recognized by the state of Virginia since 2010 but lacks federal acknowledgement.

Federal recognition would establish the tribe as a sovereign political entity with rights to self-governance.

Almost one year after watching her first attempt die in a congressional procedure, Rep. Jennifer McClellan says she is trying again to gain federal recognition for a central Virginia Native American tribe.

McClellan, D-Virginia, announced Oct.13 that she has resubmitted the Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia Federal Recognition Act. The Nottoway tribe has existed for centuries in what is now the counties of Dinwiddie, Isle of Wig

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