Virginia spotlights Indian history with new heritage trail
Jamestown's 400th anniversary helped revive interest in Virginia's Indian tribes and their role in America's founding. Now, the Virginia Indian Heritage Trail is enriching that education with an 80-page interpretive guide.
Part of the trail leads to the Monacan Ancestral Museum in Amherst County, where visitors can learn about Virginia's "lost" tribe. Monacans say they were only able to survive as a nation hundreds of years after colonists thought they'd died out because they lived in the middle of nowhere.
The Virginia Indian Heritage Trail guide contains photographs, a history of the eight state-recognized tribes, a listing of events such as the July 21-22 American Indian Intertribal Cultural Festival, and 24 places to visit, including the Pamunkey Indian Museum on the Pamunkey Reservation near Jamestown and the Monacan Indian Living History Village at Natural Bridge.
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Part of the trail leads to the Monacan Ancestral Museum in Amherst County, where visitors can learn about Virginia's "lost" tribe. Monacans say they were only able to survive as a nation hundreds of years after colonists thought they'd died out because they lived in the middle of nowhere.
The Virginia Indian Heritage Trail guide contains photographs, a history of the eight state-recognized tribes, a listing of events such as the July 21-22 American Indian Intertribal Cultural Festival, and 24 places to visit, including the Pamunkey Indian Museum on the Pamunkey Reservation near Jamestown and the Monacan Indian Living History Village at Natural Bridge.