The Virginia legislature plans to address the impact of a racist 1920s policy that for decades prohibited Native American ...

Virginia Beach has unveiled a land acknowledgment plaque, involving 11 tribes, committing to honor indigenous contributions ...

John Smith and the English colonists sailed up a river they dubbed the James in 1607 and saw a vast, empty wilderness, nothing but “faire meddowes and goodly tall Trees.” The New World. Just out of ...

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 ...

Indian tribes and officials from neighboring authorities, including King William County, have expressed concern about the impact on river water quality.

UPDATE: U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman (VA-01) announced on Jan. 29 that President Donald Trump has signed into law H.R. 984, the Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2017.

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 ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X During Jamestown Settlement’s Indigenous Arts Day, the Red Crooked Sky American Indian Dance ...

Brad Hatch takes pride in his work as a Patawomeck Indian Tribe master eel pot maker. When Hatch works to weave split white oak into baskets used to capture the slippery creatures, he’s helping ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Legislation that would grant long-sought federal recognition of six Virginia Indian tribes is headed to the full U.S. Senate. Sen. Tim Kaine’s office says the Senate Indian ...

As the 400th anniversary of the English arrival in Jamestown approaches, descendants of the Virginia Indian tribes who helped the colonists survive are seeking recognition from the federal government.

Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan of Virginia introduced H.R. 10191, the Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia Federal Recognition Act, to extend federal recognition to the Nottoway Indian Tribe of ...