As the 400th anniversary of the English arrival in Jamestown approaches, descendants of the Virginia Indian tribes who helped the colonists survive are seeking recognition from the federal government.

UPDATE: U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman (VA-01) announced on Jan. 29 that President Donald Trump has signed into law H.R. 984, the Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2017.

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The Department of Interior granted federal recognition to a Virginia Indian tribe for the first time on Thursday, more than 400 years after the first permanent English settlers ...

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine put in a plug yesterday for federal recognition of Virginia's Indian tribes. His remarks came during the annual Thanksgiving eve ceremony marking a 17th-century peace treaty with ...

From the beginning, planners of the 400th anniversary of the Jamestown settlement wanted the participation of Virginia's eight Native American tribes. But things were shaky from the start -- the ...

Powhatan Indians in 1607 More than 30 Algonquian-speaking tribes, approximately 15,000 people, occupied 6,000 acres of coastal Virginia. Siouan-speaking Monacan and Mannahoacs lived west of the ...

WASHINGTON -- Six Virginia Indian tribes won a major victory on the road to federal recognition yesterday after making a surprise concession. Tribal leaders agreed, after resisting such a step for ...

CHARLES CITY, Va. -- Amid throbbing drums and the smoke of sage and sweetgrass, six Virginia Indian tribes came together Saturday for a powwow backing their fight for federal recognition, their first ...

(CNN) — Brad Hatch takes pride in his work as a Patawomeck Indian Tribe master eel pot maker. When Hatch works to weave split white oak into baskets used to capture the slippery creatures, he’s ...

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 ...