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The larger Mattaponi Indian Tribe lives in King William County on the reservation, which stretches along the borders of the Mattaponi River, near West Point, Virginia. [3] [4] The Mattaponi were one of six tribes inherited by Chief Powhatan in the late 16th century. [5] The tribe spoke an Algonquian language, like other members of the Powhatan ...
"Mattapony" was one of the most widely used place-names of the Algonquian Indians in Maryland and Virginia. As early as 1639, a "Mattapony Path" was known in St. Mary's County--it led to Mataponi Creek, a tributary of the Patuxent River.
Mollie Wade Holmes Adams (October 8, 1881 – December 14, 1973) was an Upper Mattaponi tribal elder and advocate of tribal culture in Virginia. She advocated for recognition of the tribe and worked to preserve traditional skills and knowledge. She was selected for the Virginia Women in History program by the Library of Virginia.
The tribe resettled on reservation land set aside by the treaty in the Pamunkey Neck area, alongside another Virginia Algonquian tribe, the Pamunkey, between the Mattaponi and Pamunkey Rivers. [ 2 ] They stayed there until 1661, when they moved again to the headwaters of the Mattaponi, but their reserved holdings continued to be encroached upon ...
Native American activists fought to strengthen protections against fraud which resulted in the 1990 Indian Arts and Crafts Act (IACA), which makes it "illegal to offer or display for sale, or sell, any art or craft product in a manner that falsely suggests it is Indian produced, an Indian product, or the product of a particular Indian or Indian ...
There is a State-recognized tribe with the same name, Meherrin Indian Tribe (I). Ne'Ha-Tsunii Indian Nation [78] Nee Tribe (a.k.a. Nuluti Equani Ehi Tribe and Near River Dwellers), [25] East Bend, NC; Ridge Band of Cherokees, [25] Ridgecraft, NC; Roanoke-Hatteras Indian Tribe, Elizabeth City, NC, [130] formerly the Roanoke-Hatteras Indians of ...
Fort Mattapony/Ryefield is a historic archaeological site located near Walkerton, King and Queen County, Virginia.The Fort Mattapony/Ryefield archeological sites, which has been dated archeologically to the fourth quarter of the 17th century, are located in a one-acre area on prominent grassy hilltop overlooking the Mattaponi River, Walkerton and Locust Grove.
Sharon Indian School, also known as Indian View, is a historic school building located at King William, King William County, Virginia. The original 1919 Sharon School was a one-room, vernacular frame structure raised on brick piers. It was built for members of the Upper Mattaponi tribe, led by Mollie Holmes Adams and her husband, Jasper. The ...