[2] The organization identifies as descending from Nottoway people.
They are not federally recognized as a Native American tribe.
[4] The group formed Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribal Heritage Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in 2005, with the mission to "Educational, charitable and religious.
"[1] In 2020, the nonprofit held $468,180 in assets and hiring no employees.
[1] The chief is Walter "Red Hawk" Brown of Courtland, Virginia.