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Native Americans In Virginia
The Native American tribes in Virginia are the Indigenous peoples whose tribal nations historically or currently are based in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States of America. Native peoples lived throughout Virginia for at least 12,000 years. At contact, most tribes in what is now Virginia spoke languages from three major language families: Algonquian along the coast and Tidewater region, Siouan in the Piedmont region above the Fall Line, and Iroquoian in the interior, particularly the mountains. About 30 Algonquian tribes were allied in the powerful Powhatan paramount chiefdom along the coast. During English colonization and the formation of the United States, most Virginia tribes had lost their lands and their populations declined due to introduced diseases and warfare. Assimilationist policies also contributed to Indigenous erasure. Surviving local tribes reorganized their governments in the late 20th century. Today Virginia has seven federally recognized tr ...
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Virginia Painted Relief
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States, Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The state's List of capitals in the United States, capital is Richmond, Virginia, Richmond and its most populous city is Virginia Beach, Virginia, Virginia Beach. Its most populous subdivision is Fairfax County, Virginia, Fairfax County, part of Northern Virginia, where slightly over a third of Virginia's population of more than 8.8million live. Eastern Virginia is part of the Atlantic Plain, and the Middle Peninsula forms the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. Central Virginia lies predominantly in the Piedmont (United States), Piedmont, the foothill region of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which cross the western and southwestern parts of the state. The fertile Shenandoah Valley fosters the state's mo ...
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Chickahominy Indian Tribe
The Chickahominy are a federally recognized tribe of Virginian Native Americans who primarily live in Charles City County, located along the James River midway between Richmond and Williamsburg in the Commonwealth of Virginia. This area of the Tidewater is not far from where they were living in 1600, before the arrival of colonists from England.Wood, Karenne (editor). ''Virginia Indian Heritage Trail,''
Charlottesville, VA: Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, 2007.
They were officially recognized by the state in 1983 and by the federal government in January 2018. The Eastern Chickahominy split from the main tribe in 1983 and were recognized as a separate tribe by the state that year, and by the federal government in January 2018. They are based in
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Patawomeck Indian Tribe Of Virginia
The Patawomeck Indian Tribe of Virginia is a state-recognized tribe in Virginia and a nonprofit organization of individuals who identify as descendants of the Patawomeck people. The Patawomeck Indian Tribe of Virginia is not federally recognized as a Native American tribe. The organization has never petitioned for federal recognition. The Patawomeck people, more commonly known as the Potomac people, are a historic Eastern Algonquian–speaking tribe who lived on the Virginia. State recognition Through House Joint Resolution No. 150, the Commonwealth of Virginia's legislators formally designated the Patawomeck Indian Tribe of Virginia as a state-recognized tribe in 2010. The resolution states: "That the General Assembly of Virginia, by this resolution, does not address the question of whether the tribe has been continuously in existence since 1776; and, be it RESOLVED FINALLY, That the Commonwealth, by this resolution does not confirm, confer or address in any manner any ...
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Nottoway Indian Tribe Of Virginia
The Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia is a state-recognized tribe and nonprofit organization in Virginia. The organization identifies as descending from Nottoway people. They are not federally recognized as a Native American tribe. State-recognition The Commonwealth of Virginia recognized the Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia as a tribe in 2010. The state also recognized the Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe. Organization The group formed Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in 2006. The agent for the organization is Crystal Joyner of Franklin, Virginia. The administration includes: * Director: Archie Elliott Jr., Lynnetter Lewis Allston * Chair: Lynnette Lewis Allston * Vice-chair: Archie Elliott Jr. * Officer: Asphy S. Turner, William Wright. In 2009, they organized the Virginia Nottoway Indian Circle and Square Foundation Incorporated, another nonprofit organization based in King William, Virginia. Their principal officer Asphy ...
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Mattaponi Indian Nation
The Mattaponi () tribe is one of only two Virginia Indian tribes in the Commonwealth of Virginia that owns reservation land, which it has held since the colonial era. The larger Mattaponi Indian Tribe lives in King William County on the reservation, which stretches along the borders of the Mattaponi River, near West Point, Virginia.Wood, Karenne, ed., ''The Virginia Indian Heritage Trail'', Charlottesville, VA: Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, 2007
The Mattaponi were one of six tribes inherited by in the late 16th century. The tribe spoke an ...
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Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe
The Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe is a state-recognized tribe and nonprofit organization in Virginia. The organization identifies as descending from Nottoway people. They are not federally recognized as a Native American tribe. The name ''Cheroenhaka'' is the autonym for Nottoway people. State-recognition The Commonwealth of Virginia recognized the Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe as a tribe in 2010, when the state also recognized the Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia. Organization 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. Educational, charitable, and religious." In 2020, the nonprofit held $468,180 in assets and hiring no employees. The chief is Walter "Red Hawk" Brown of Courtland, Virginia Courtland is an incorporated town in Southampton County, Virginia, United States. It is the county seat of Southampton County, Virginia, ...
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Upper Mattaponi Tribe
The Mattaponi () tribe is one of only two Virginia Indian tribes in the Commonwealth of Virginia that owns reservation land, which it has held since the colonial era. The larger Mattaponi Indian Tribe lives in King William County on the reservation, which stretches along the borders of the Mattaponi River, near West Point, Virginia.Wood, Karenne, ed., ''The Virginia Indian Heritage Trail'', Charlottesville, VA: Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, 2007
The Mattaponi were one of six tribes inherited by in the late 16th century. The tribe spoke an ...
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Rappahannock Tribe, Inc
Rappahannock may refer to: People *Rappahannock people, a Native American people in Virginia, United States * Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., a federally recognized tribe in Virginia Places in the United States * Rappahannock Academy, Virginia, an unincorporated community in Caroline County, Virginia *Rappahannock County, Virginia *Rappahannock County (1656), Virginia or "Old Rappahannock" County, divided in 1692 to form Essex County and Richmond County, Virginia Rivers *Rappahannock River, a river in eastern Virginia * Rappahannock River (New Zealand), a river in the Tasman Region of New Zealand Education * Rappahannock Academy & Military Institute (1813–1873), a school in Caroline County, Virginia * Rappahannock Community College, a two-year college located in Glenns and Warsaw, Virginia * Rappahannock County High School, Washington, Virginia * Rappahannock Industrial Academy (1902–1948), a school for African-American children that operated near Dunnsville, Virginia Military * ...
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Pamunkey Indian Tribe
The Pamunkey Indian Tribe is a federally recognized tribe of Pamunkey people in Virginia. They control the Pamunkey Indian Reservation in King William County, Virginia. Historically, they spoke the Pamunkey language. They are one of 11 Native American tribes in Virginia and an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands. The tribe became the Commonwealth of Virginia's first federally recognized tribe receiving its status in January 2016. The historical Pamunkey people were part of the Powhatan paramountcy, made up of Algonquian-speaking nations. The Powhatan paramount chiefdom was made up of over 30 nations, estimated to total about 10,000 to 15,000 people at the time the English arrived in 1607.Rountree, Helen C. and E. Randolph Turner III. ''Before and After Jamestown: Virginia's Powhatans and Their Predecessors''. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2002. The Pamunkey nation comprised about one-tenth to one-fifteenth of the total. They numbered about 1,000 person ...
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