The Virginia Indian Heritage Program at VFH is helping to redress centuries of historical omission, exclusion, and misrepresentation. It creates opportunities for Virginians of all ages, as well as visitors to the state, to learn about the history and cultures of Virginia Indian people and communities, past and present.
Virginia Indian Program
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Institutional Racism: Race and Virginia Law
A panel of experts explores the eugenics movement and some of its effects on racial groups.
Cockacoeske
This queen of the Pamunkey reigned for nearly three decades.
Languages and Interpreters in Early Virginia Indian Society
Discover the languages of Virginia's first people.
RACE – Are We So Different?
Exhibit examines the topic of race from scientific, historical and cultural perspectives
Cooking in Early Virginia Indian Society
Early Virginia Indians hunted, fished, and collected wild grains and berries, which they prepared in various ways. Meats were roasted, while grains and tubers were pounded into ashcakes and then baked.
Pocahontas
Pocahontas was the daughter of Powhatan, paramount chief of an alliance of Virginia Indians in Tidewater Virginia.
