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.
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Early Virginia Indian Education
Early Virginia Indian boys and girls were expected to absorb the community's values, including stoicism in the face of hardship, and master the skills necessary to survive and thrive.
Encounter
Originally aired as five separate features, this series radio reports explores the lives of Virginia Indians today. [audio mp3="http://virginiahumanities.org/files/2011/12/VFHRadio-Encounters.mp3"]
How! and Other Approaches to American Indians
[audio mp3="http://virginiahumanities.org/files/2011/12/HowVAbook2007.mp3"] American Indian historians and authors Gabrielle Tayac (Meet Naiche) and Karenne Wood (Markings on Earth) discuss ways in which American Indians have been marginalized through history, through the construction of their histories by non-Native scholars, and through the perpetuation of stereotypes in Hollywood, museums, and among the general public.
The “Discovery” of North America
When the British planted a cross and their flag on territory previously unclaimed by European nations, they were, Chief Justice John Marshall would later say, exercising a right of discovery that extended back to the 15th-century colonization by Spain and Portugal of non-Christian lands.New Digital Archive Will Preserve Historic Images, Documents of Virginia Indian Tribes, Thanks to Gift from Dominion
New Digital Archive Will Preserve Historic Images, Documents of Virginia Indian Tribes, Thanks to Gift from Dominion
First Anglo-Powhatan War
Fought from 1609 until 1614 this war pitted the English settlers at Jamestown against an alliance of Virginia Indians led by Powhatan.
