Many students are accomplished musicians with some achieving state wide recognition.
Eight other states give state recognition to tribes, and gambling has nothing to do with it.
The Abenaki want to gain formal state recognition as a people.
Under apartheid, marriages following local tradition were denied state recognition.
In 2005 they gained state recognition as an Indian group, one of six tribes to do so.
Some groups that are not federally recognized have still achieved state recognition.
The group has received state recognition of the ancient Greek religion.
Such documentation was critical for the tribe's achieving state recognition in the 21st century.
They applied for state recognition and started serving the town on January 2, 1900.
Several groups located in Virginia who do not have state recognition are seeking it.
