Ancestral Homeland Returned to Rappahannock Tribe After More Than 350 Years | Smart News
The historic reacquisition spans 465 acres in the Northern Neck of Virginia
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The historic reacquisition spans 465 acres in the Northern Neck of Virginia
Nearly 400 years after the Rappahannock Tribe was forced from their lands, they will finally return as owners to one of their towns on Fones Cliffs.Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, herself a member of the Pueblo Laguna Tribe, spoke during the ceremony.
A section of Rappahannock River frontage known as Fones Cliffs has been returned to the tribe, which was driven away by English settlers more than 350 years ago and pushed almost to extinction by white supremacists during the 20th century.
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The Rappahannock Tribe in Virginia has taken ownership of more than 460 acres of ancestral homeland along the river that bears its name.