Mattanock Town is home to the tribe’s headquarters and annual powwow celebration.
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Screen Capture/VPM NewsVirginia tribal members seeking more control over artifacts. -
Shaban Athuman/VPM NewsOnly ‘federally recognized Tribal Nations’ are included in the legislation.
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Courtesy/Fishing Point HealthcareFishing Point currently offers primary care to tribal members, Medicaid recipients and the uninsured.
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Courtesy/Library of CongressThe Brafferton School closed in 1790 after the American Revolution, in which several students participated.
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Gregorio Borgia/APMany Christian denominations in recent years have repudiated a doctrine that was used to justify the subjugation of Native and Indigenous people. That's now playing out in local congregations.
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Billy Wilson/Creative Commons via FlickrThe Virginia Reliability Project included doubling the size of about 50 miles of an existing, 70-year-old pipeline.
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Katherine Hafner/ScreenshotThe pipeline runs near or through ancestral lands key to the tribe’s heritage, a representative says.
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HeadWaters Resort and Casino/via WHRODespite presenting a $500 million casino development plan years ago, the Pamunkey Tribe contracted it to a $150 million casino and parking garage.
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J. Scott Applewhite/AP FileSeven of Virginia’s 11 state-recognized tribes are also federally recognized, making them subject to the Indian Child Welfare Act.
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Across Virginia, seed keepers cultivate native plants.
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Representatives from the Mattaponi and Pamunkey Indian tribes delivered fresh game to Govenor Glenn Youngkin Wednesday.
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The tribe’s ancestral ties to the wetlands predate English settlement in Virginia.
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When Native tribes gather to discuss policy, the environment is often the focal point.
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As part of a series for Pride Month, VPM News is taking a look at the history of gender and sexuality in Native American culture.
