Mattaponi News

Victoria Hamilton, a fifth-generation Monacan Indian Nation member, has lived on the same site beside High Peak Road near Monroe for her entire life, even after the structure was rebuilt after a 2004 lightning-strike fire.

The long journey on the road to federal recognition of Virginia's Indian tribes may be nearing its end.

After 22 years and almost $55 million, the proposed King William Reservoir project is officially on the brink of termination.

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First introduced into the James and Rappahannock rivers by the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries between 1973 and 1977.

The Justice Department says it will not appeal a judge's ruling invalidating a permit for a reservoir in King William County.

Tribal life in Virginia generally revolves around a church steeple, with each tribe gathering in its own house of worship, where the congregation is all or nearly all native.

The Mattaponi Indians are inviting the public to their Virginia reservation for a day-long powwow.

Loading... 1 of 4 Pow wows bring out the "leathers and feathers" - " the public face of Virginia Indians.

Virginia's Native American tribes are a step closer to being formally recognized by the nation that was founded on their soil.

Traditional Methodist worship will take a back seat Saturday at Warwick Memorial United Methodist Church in Newport News as the congregation devotes a day to studying Native American culture and spirituality.

A brief rain shower yesterday afternoon delayed the start of the Virginia Indian Nations Pow-wow but did nothing to dampen the spirits of those in attendance.