On March 20, 1924, the Commonwealth of Virginia enacted the nation’s cruelest, most draconian, segregation law. Designed to preserve white racial “purity,” the legislation became a model for states ...

We took a major step yesterday with House passage of legislation (H.R. 1385) granting Virginia’s Indians their long awaited federal recognition. Virginia’s Tribes greeted the English settlers when ...

A bipartisan group of Virginia legislators introduced a bill in Congress this week to secure federal recognition for an Indian tribe whose connections to the region reach back thousands of years. If ...

GLOUCESTER COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Governor Northam and Native American tribes celebrated the opening of the Commonwealth’s 40th state park with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday. Machicomoco State Park ...

As Virginians, we've been taught that history is important, that the legacy we've inherited is one to be proud of, that our predecessors were mostly honorable people who established our commonwealth ...

JAMES CITY — Jamestown Settlement is holding its annual Indigenous Arts Day on Saturday to honor the Virginia Indian tribal communities who have occupied the land for centuries. Beginning at 11 a.m., ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE Karenne Wood wants schoolchildren to realize that Virginia's Indians are not people of the past. This week at the University of Virginia, Virginia Indians are teaching educators how to ...

KING WILLIAM, Va. — The sign outside a new health center in the Richmond countryside features splashes of green and blue — symbols of nature dear to the Upper Mattaponi tribe, which overhauled the ...

In George Bearpaw's family, engaging in military duty has been the mark of a patriot for generations. The former U.S. Army Special Forces member fought in the Vietnam War. His late father, Thomas ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to waive copayments for eligible American Indian and Alaska Native veterans for visits to community-based urgent care facilities beginning this month. The ...