Thomasina Jordan
Thomasina Elizabeth Jordan (Red Hawk Woman) (? – 1999) was an
Jordan received bachelor's and master's degrees in fine arts at
Jordan was appointed Chairperson of the Virginia Council on Indians by Governors George Allen and Jim Gilmore.
She also founded the American Indian Cultural Exchange, served on the Board of Directors of Save the Children and the National Rehabilitation Hospital, was president of Chapter I of the Capital Speakers Club, and was a recipient of the Medal of Honor of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
According to a resolution passed by the Virginia General Assembly honoring her life, "Thomasina Jordan was instrumental throughout the years in bringing Indian issues to the forefront in the General Assembly, including legislation to correct birth certificates to identify Native Americans as such, allow animal parts and feathers to be used in religious regalia, and memorialize the United States Congress to grant historic federal recognition to Virginia’s state-recognized tribes."[1]
Congress first considered a recognition bill, as championed by Jordan and others, in 2000.[2] Six Virginia tribes eventually gained federal recognition in 2018 under an act bearing her name, the Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2017.[3][4]
References
- ^ House Joint Resolution 79 (2000)
- ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
- ^ H.R.984 - 115th Congress (2017-2018) - Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2017
- ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
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