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Yakama Nation settles case over federal raid on reservation (05/30)
The Yakama Nation of Washington has settled a lawsuit in connection with a federal raid on the reservation, The Martinsville Bulletin reports. The tribe sued the Obama administration after the...
Filed Under: Opinion | Sports
Blog: Former chief of Virginia tribe supports Redskins name (05/30)
A former chief of the Patawomeck Indians of Virginia, a non-federally recognized tribe, supports the Washington Redskins mascot: I’m ready to never write another word about the Redskins name, but...
Filed Under: Recognition
WVTF: Virginia tribes endure 400-year wait for recognition (05/29)
WVTF Public Radio on efforts to recognize six Virginia tribes: A bipartisan group of Virginia lawmakers is fighting to win federal recognition of six tribes in the commonwealth. The tribes...
Filed Under: Opinion | Recognition | Sports
Column: Virginia tribal leaders aren't offended by 'Redskins' (05/15)
Columnist says leaders of Virginia tribes who are fighting for federal recognition aren't offended by the Washington Redskins: What matters is how American Indians feel about an NFL team using...
Filed Under: National
ICT interview with author about race and identity in Virginia (05/07)
Indian Country Today interviews Arica L. Coleman about her new book, That the Blood Stay Pure: African Americans, Native Americans, and the Predicament of Race and Identity in Virginia: Wouldn’t...
Filed Under: Opinion
Opinion: In Jamestown, it turns out Europeans were cannibals (05/06)
Researcher James Horn on the discovery of cannibalism at Jamestown, the European settlement in Virginia: In the bitterly cold winter of 1607, Capt. John Smith was captured by a large...
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Anthropologist from Kennewick Man case turns to cannibalism (05/02)
An anthropologist who told tribal leaders that Kennewick Man was not a Native person has found a new cause -- cannibalism at Jamestown, the first European settlement in Virginia. Doug...
Filed Under: Opinion
Opinion: Annual rite obscures mistreatment of Virginia tribes (11/26)
"In a touching Thanksgiving Day “annual rite,” Gov. Bob McDonnell and first lady Maureen McDonnell accepted a buck presented by Chief Carl Custalow, leader of the Mattaponi Indian tribe, and...
Filed Under: Opinion | Recognition
Editorial: Tribes in Virginia still struggle for federal recognition (11/14)
"Virginia honored the commonwealth’s Indian tribes last week, a subject that the U.S. Congress continues to ignore. Perhaps the new Congress elected last week will change that. Gov. Bob McDonnell...
Filed Under: Recognition
Sen. Webb seeking action on Virginia tribal recognition measure (07/26)
Sen. Jim Webb (D-Virginia) wants the Senate to vote on S.379, the Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act. The bill extends federal recognition to six tribes. It was approved...
Filed Under: Recognition
Marker in Virginia recognizes town where tribes aided settlers (07/18)
The Virginia Department of Historic Resources approved a marker at a town where tribes provided shelter and food to the Jamestown settlers. The tribes first welcomed the European settlers at...
Filed Under: Recognition
Rep. Young promises passage for Virginia tribal recognition bill (06/28)
Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), the chairman of the House Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, promised to pass a bill to recognize six tribes in Virginia. H.R.783 has yet...
Filed Under: Opinion | Recognition
Editorial: Monacan Nation moves closer to federal recognition (08/03)
"The Monacan Indian Nation — based in Amherst County — has been down this path before. But the well worn road to federal recognition by the U.S. Congress has been...
Filed Under: Recognition
Senate Indian Affairs Committee backs Virginia recognition bill (07/29)
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee approved S.379, a bill to extend federal recognition to six Virginia tribes, at a business meeting on Thursday. The bill recognizes the Chickahominy Indian Tribe,...
Filed Under: Opinion
Opinion: Tribes left mark in Virginia as they were pushed out (06/15)
"Sometimes, traveling along Ashburn's carefully tended parkways, I try to imagine how this area might have looked 400 years ago, before the Europeans arrived. The land must have been, as...
Yakama Nation settles case over federal raid on reservation (05/30)
The Yakama Nation of Washington has settled a lawsuit in connection with a federal raid on the reservation, The Martinsville Bulletin reports. The tribe sued the Obama administration after the...
Filed Under: Opinion | Sports
Blog: Former chief of Virginia tribe supports Redskins name (05/30)
A former chief of the Patawomeck Indians of Virginia, a non-federally recognized tribe, supports the Washington Redskins mascot: I’m ready to never write another word about the Redskins name, but...
Filed Under: Recognition
WVTF: Virginia tribes endure 400-year wait for recognition (05/29)
WVTF Public Radio on efforts to recognize six Virginia tribes: A bipartisan group of Virginia lawmakers is fighting to win federal recognition of six tribes in the commonwealth. The tribes...
Filed Under: Opinion | Recognition | Sports
Column: Virginia tribal leaders aren't offended by 'Redskins' (05/15)
Columnist says leaders of Virginia tribes who are fighting for federal recognition aren't offended by the Washington Redskins: What matters is how American Indians feel about an NFL team using...
Filed Under: National
ICT interview with author about race and identity in Virginia (05/07)
Indian Country Today interviews Arica L. Coleman about her new book, That the Blood Stay Pure: African Americans, Native Americans, and the Predicament of Race and Identity in Virginia: Wouldn’t...
Filed Under: Opinion
Opinion: In Jamestown, it turns out Europeans were cannibals (05/06)
Researcher James Horn on the discovery of cannibalism at Jamestown, the European settlement in Virginia: In the bitterly cold winter of 1607, Capt. John Smith was captured by a large...
Filed Under: Education <% pageid=5700 %> | Environment | National
Anthropologist from Kennewick Man case turns to cannibalism (05/02)
An anthropologist who told tribal leaders that Kennewick Man was not a Native person has found a new cause -- cannibalism at Jamestown, the first European settlement in Virginia. Doug...
Filed Under: Opinion
Opinion: Annual rite obscures mistreatment of Virginia tribes (11/26)
"In a touching Thanksgiving Day “annual rite,” Gov. Bob McDonnell and first lady Maureen McDonnell accepted a buck presented by Chief Carl Custalow, leader of the Mattaponi Indian tribe, and...
Filed Under: Opinion | Recognition
Editorial: Tribes in Virginia still struggle for federal recognition (11/14)
"Virginia honored the commonwealth’s Indian tribes last week, a subject that the U.S. Congress continues to ignore. Perhaps the new Congress elected last week will change that. Gov. Bob McDonnell...
Filed Under: Recognition
Sen. Webb seeking action on Virginia tribal recognition measure (07/26)
Sen. Jim Webb (D-Virginia) wants the Senate to vote on S.379, the Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act. The bill extends federal recognition to six tribes. It was approved...
Filed Under: Recognition
Marker in Virginia recognizes town where tribes aided settlers (07/18)
The Virginia Department of Historic Resources approved a marker at a town where tribes provided shelter and food to the Jamestown settlers. The tribes first welcomed the European settlers at...
Filed Under: Recognition
Rep. Young promises passage for Virginia tribal recognition bill (06/28)
Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), the chairman of the House Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, promised to pass a bill to recognize six tribes in Virginia. H.R.783 has yet...
Filed Under: Opinion | Recognition
Editorial: Monacan Nation moves closer to federal recognition (08/03)
"The Monacan Indian Nation — based in Amherst County — has been down this path before. But the well worn road to federal recognition by the U.S. Congress has been...
Filed Under: Recognition
Senate Indian Affairs Committee backs Virginia recognition bill (07/29)
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee approved S.379, a bill to extend federal recognition to six Virginia tribes, at a business meeting on Thursday. The bill recognizes the Chickahominy Indian Tribe,...
Filed Under: Opinion
Opinion: Tribes left mark in Virginia as they were pushed out (06/15)
"Sometimes, traveling along Ashburn's carefully tended parkways, I try to imagine how this area might have looked 400 years ago, before the Europeans arrived. The land must have been, as...
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