To feature over 130 slot machines Boyd Gaming and the Pamunkey Tribe broke ground on the Norfolk project in October 2024.

Enter the Virginia Indian Heritage Trail guide, an 80-page book with photographs, a history of the eight state-recognized tribes, a calendar of events such as annual powwows and a list of 24 ...

Most tribes in Virginia were historically part of the Powhatan Confederacy in the Tidewater area of Virginia, which was governed by Chief Powhatan (Wahunsenakah) when the Europeans arrived in 1607.

Indians remain in Virginia, however, and still reside on ancestral lands. Six of the commonwealth's tribes have asked Congress to grant them federal recognition.

The state’s tribes could not meet requirements due to courthouse fires during the Civil War that destroyed legal documents and state laws that classified Native Americans not living on reservations ...

There are 11 tribes in Virginia recognized by the state or federal government today, many of them acknowledged as recently as 2018 under the Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal ...

SURRY — The Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia 2024 Powwow is less than a month away. The annual event takes place at the Nottoway Tribal Grounds in Surry. Visitors from all backgrounds are ...

With Northam are, from left, Frances Broaddus-Crutchfield, a member of the Virginia Indian Commemorative Commission, Upper Mattaponi Indian Tribe Chief Emeritus Ken Adams, former first lady Susan ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- Governor Glenn Youngkin welcomed delegations from the Mattaponi Indian Tribe and the Pamunkey Indian Tribe at the Executive Mansion for the 346th Tribute Ceremony.

McClellan visited the Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia Community House and Interpretive Center in October 2024. She spoke on the U.S. House floor in late November in honor of her new legislation.