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PEMBROKE — Yesterday the Lumbee Tribe of N.C. participated in an Acknowledgement Gathering at Fort Fisher in Wilmington along with tribal members of the Coharie…
The North Carolina Highway Marker Commission approved historical site markers for about a half dozen Native American tribes on highways across the state.
Like peer institutions around the country, William & Mary seeks formally to acknowledge the original Indigenous inhabitants of the state-owned land on which the Williamsburg campus resides, and has partnered with their present-day descendants to create appropriate language. After consultation and input from VA Tribal leaders in August 2020, President Rowe approved the following statement: William & Mary acknowledges the Indigenous peoples who are the original inhabitants of the lands our campus is on today – the Cheroenhaka (Nottoway), Chickahominy, Eastern Chickahominy, Mattaponi, Monacan,...
Lawmakers and testifiers discussed over the course of an hour and a half barriers that make it harder for Native Americans to afford stable housing — such as a lack of affordable options, mortgage lending or generational wealth — as well as legal challenges on trust land and infrastructure inequities.