SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 23107220D SENATE RESOLUTION NO.

176 IE Offered February 23, 2023 N Commending Stephen R.

TN –––––––––– Patrons––Morrissey and McDougle R ––––––––––Agreed O Charles City County, has made significant contributions to by the communitySenate, throughFebruary his24, leadership2023 andWHEREAS, advocacy;Stephen R.

andAdkins, D WHEREAS, Stephen Adkins has been chief of the Chickahominy Tribe forand 12an years,esteemed leadingpublic aservant tribein withO aCharles richCity culturalCounty, heritagehas andmade historysignificant incontributions to the regioncommunity thatthrough hashis beenleadership recognizedand byL theadvocacy; CommonwCalth since 1983;

and awareL ofwith a voidrich incultural theheritage wayand thehistory storyin ofthe Virginiaregion Indiansthat washas toldbeen inrecognized historyby classrooms in the E Commonwealth andE begansince working1983; to rectify this shortcoming;

and D WHEREAS, forStephen 20Adkins years,served Stephenon Adkinsthe workedCharles withCity lawmakersCounty andSchool otherBoard, tribeswhere tohe seebecame thatD IndianCommonwealth tribesand inbegan theworking Commonwealthto receivedrectify federalthis recognition;shortcoming;

andandld WHEREAS,in history classrooms in the culminationWHEREAS, offor 20 years, Stephen Adkins'Adkins effortsworked camewith onlawmakers Januaryand 29,other 2018,tribes whento Presidentsee Donaldthat J.Indian tribes in the Commonwealth received federal recognition;

and Donald J.

Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2017, which extends federal recognition to the Chickahominy, Eastern Chickahominy, Upper Mattaponi, S Rappahannock, Nansemond, and Monacan tribes in the Commonwealth;

and Chickahominy,1 Upper Mattaponi, WHEREAS, Stephen Adkins helped the Chickahominy Tribe in its efforts to reacquire its ancestral lands6 onlanWHEREAS, theStephen 800-acreAdkins Mamanahuntearned peninsulaa inbachelor's Decemberdegree 2021;from Virginia Commonwealth University and R was a UKROP Community Vision Award Winner in 1991;

and S WHEREAS, with great dedication and sense of purpose, Stephen Adkins earnedhas ahelped bachelor'sto degreepreserve fromthe Virginiatherefore, Commonwealthbe Universityit, and1and wasway aof UKROPlife Communityof VisionVirginia's AwardIndian Winnertribes infor 1991;the benefit of generations to come;

and 6 WHEREAS, with great dedication and sense of purpose, Stephen Adkins has helped to preserve the therefore, be it, and way of life of Virginia's Indian tribes for the benefit of generations to come;

and, be it RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for contributionspresentation to theStephen Commonwealth.asR. an expression of the Senate of Virginia's admiration for his :

Adkins as an expression of the Senate of Virginia's admiration for his contributions to the Commonwealth.