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Monacan Indian Nation Powwow

Save the date, we are coming back with a bang! If you are interested in vending (crafts, food) please contact the Cultural Foundation for more information! Stay tuned everyone, we look forward to seeing all our family and friends again. This event is open to the public. We request that patrons and...

Monacan Indian Nation Powwow

Save the date, we are coming back with a bang! If you are interested in vending (crafts, food) please contact the Cultural Foundation for more information! Stay tuned everyone, we look forward to seeing all our family and friends again. This event is open to the public. We request that patrons and...

Monacan Indian Nation Saves Historic Capital at Rassawek from Destruction

PALMYRA, VA – March 16, 2022 – The Monacan Indian Nation today celebrates the selection of an alternative route for the construction of the James River Water Authority (JRWA) water withdrawal and pipeline, which will avoid destroying the Monacan historic capital of Rassawek. Read the press release...

After 350 years, the Rappahannock Tribe Gets Land Back

by JENNA KUNZE - On Friday, the Rappahannock Tribe celebrated a historic win: the reacquisition of 465 acres of their ancestral homeland at Fones Cliffs, a sacred stretch of bluffs on the eastern side of the Rappahannock River in eastern Virginia. “We have worked for many years to restore this...

American Indian College Fund 200-Mile Cycle Challenge

The American Indian College Fund is kicking off its Facebook 200-Mile Cycle Challenge on May 1. The fundraiser benefits the College Fund’s mission to give Native students better access to higher education. Those who sign up will challenge themselves to bike 200 miles by the end of May. Participants...

Graduate Interdisciplinary Fellowship

Indigenous Studies Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship Indigenous knowledge systems do not readily conform to the disciplinary boundaries of a research university. Indigenous epistemologies, practices and belief systems, often move within and across humanistic, social and scientific divides...

Nansemond Annual Pow-Wow

“Nansemond Indian Homecoming” In 1988 our tribe held its first pow wow on ancestral land. It was called the “Nansemond Indian Homecoming” in celebration of our return to the Nansemond River after centuries of colonial displacement. Each year, in mid-August, we hold a “Nansemond Indian Homecoming” to...