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Something must have been very special about Southampton County, Virginia, as during the first quarter of the 19th ...

Conservation of longleaf pine received a boost from the USDA Forest Service’s Forest Legacy Program with the acquisition of 640 acres in Sussex County.

The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation announced $4.8 million in grant awards from the Virginia Land Conservation Foundation.

SUMMARY The Nansemond tribe is a state- and federally recognized Indian tribe whose members live mostly in the cities of Chesapeake and Suffolk. In 2009 about 200 Nansemond tribal members were registered in Virginia. By 1607, when the first English settlers founded Jamestown, the Nansemond lived in several villages centered near Chuckatuck, in present-day Suffolk, along the Nansemond River. Their head chief lived near Dumpling Island, where the tribe’s temple and sacred objects were located....

Indigenous Acknowledgment Virginia Humanities acknowledges the Monacan Nation, the original people of the land and waters of our home in Charlottesville, Virginia. We invite you to learn more about Indians in Virginia in our Encyclopedia Virginia.