We took a major step yesterday with House passage of legislation (H.R. 1385) granting Virginia’s Indians their long awaited federal recognition. Virginia’s Tribes greeted the English settlers when ...
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The Department of Interior granted federal recognition to a Virginia Indian tribe for the first time on Thursday, more than 400 years after the first permanent English settlers ...
JAMES CITY — Jamestown Settlement is holding its annual Indigenous Arts Day on Saturday to honor the Virginia Indian tribal communities who have occupied the land for centuries. Beginning at 11 a.m., ...
HAMPTON ROADS, Va. — For students in classrooms in Virginia, Native American education looks a little different in 2023. “This is a great year to talk about it," said Virginia Assistant Superintendent ...
A bipartisan group of Virginia legislators introduced a bill in Congress this week to secure federal recognition for an Indian tribe whose connections to the region reach back thousands of years. If ...
CHARLOTTESVILLE Karenne Wood wants schoolchildren to realize that Virginia's Indians are not people of the past. This week at the University of Virginia, Virginia Indians are teaching educators how to ...