Virginia Indian Tribes
Archaeological evidence shows that people have been living in what is now Virginia as far back as 16-22,000 years ago. Virginia’s modern day tribes were firmly established in ancestral lands long before the English arrived to settle at Jamestown. These tribes contributed significantly to the newcomers’ ability to survive those first few years upon their arrival to present-day Virginia. Over the four hundred years since the first permanent English settlement at Jamestown, Virginia’s native people have contributed greatly to the vitality of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the nation, and continue to do so.
The Commonwealth recognizes 11 Virginia Indian tribes: the Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe, Chickahominy Indian Tribe, Chickahominy Indians Eastern Division, Mattaponi Indian Tribe, Monacan Indian Nation, Nansemond Indian Tribe, Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia, Pamunkey Indian Tribe, Patawomeck Indian Tribe of Virginia, Rappahannock Tribe, and the Upper Mattaponi Indian Tribe.
Seven of these tribes are federally recognized, including the Chickahominy Indians Eastern Division, Chickahominy Indian Tribe, Monacan Indian Nation, Nansemond Indian Nation, Pamunkey Indian Tribe, Rappahannock Tribe, and Upper Mattaponi Indian Tribe.
Mattaponi
- Chief Mark Custalow
mcustalow1@gmail.com - Assistant Chief: Leon Custalow
Mattaponitwofeathers@aol.com
Contact information
1314 Mattaponi Reservation Circle, West Point ,VA 23181
Website
https://www.mattaponination.com/
Pamunkey Tribe
- Chief Robert Gray
robert.gray@pamunkey.org - First Assistant Chief Tim Langston
tim.langston@pamunkey.org - Tribal Administrator Debra Hansen
debra.hansen@pamunkey.org
Contact information
804-843-2353
1054 Pocahontas Trail, King William, VA 23086
Website
https://www.pamunkey.org/
Chickahominy
- Chief Stephen Adkins
stephen.adkins@chickahominytribe.org - 1st Assistant Chief: Wayne Adkins
wayne.adkins@chickahominytribe.org - 2nd Assistant Chief: Reggie Stewart
reggie.stewart@chickahominytribe.org - Deputy Tribal Administrator: Lindsey Johnson
lindsey.johnson@chickahominytribe.org
Contact information
804-829-2027
8200 Lott Cary Road, Providence Forge, VA 23140
Eastern Chickahominy
- Chief Gerald "Jerry" A. Stewart
jerry.stewart@cit-ed.org - Assistant Chief: Matthew Adkins
matt.adkins@cied.org - Tribal Adiministrator: Penny Wynn
penny.wynn@cit-ed.org
Contact information
804-966-7815
2895 Mt. Pleasant Road, Providence Forge, VA 23140
Website
https://www.cied.org/
Rappahannock
- Chief Anne Richardson
- Assistant Cheif Mark Fortune
- Tribal Administrator Chief Richardson
- Chief Financial Officer Kathy Jones
Contact information
804-769-0260
5036 Indian Neck Rd, St Stephens Church, VA 23148
info@rappahannocktribe.org
Upper Mattaponi
- Chief W. Frank Adams
chief@umitribe.org - Assistant Chief Tom Tupponce
assistantchief@umitribe.org - Tribal Administrator Reggie Tupponce
Contact information
admin@umitribe.org
804-769-0041
13476 King William Road, King William, VA 23086
Website
https://umitribe.org/
Nansemond
- Chief Keith Anderson
- Tribal Administrator Thomas Badamo
Contact information
enrollment@nansemond.org
1001 Pembroke Ln, Suffolk, VA 23434
Website
https://nansemond.gov/
Monacan
- Chief Kenneth Branham
chiefbranham@aol.com - Assistant Chief Pamela J. Thompson
pamelaj.monacanasstchief@gmail.com - Tribal Administrator Adrian Compton
tribaladmin@monacannation.com
Contact information
(434) 363-4864
Tribaloffice@monacannation.com
Website
https://www.monacannation.com/
Cheroenhaka (Nottoway)
- Chief Walt “Red Hawk” Brown
wdbrowniii@aol.com - Assistant Chief Ellis "Soaring Eagle" Wright
Bue23829@yahoo.com - Tribal Administrator Caroh "Water Blossom" Holley
jokeoharrak@gmail.com
Contact information
Cattashowrock Town
27345 Aquia Path/P.O. Box 397, Courtland, VA 23837
757-562-7760
Nottoway
- Chief Lynette Allston
allstonfam@aol.com
Contact information
23187 Main Street, PO Box 246, Capron, VA 23829
NottowayofVA@aol.com
Website
http://nottowayindians.org/
Patawomeck
- Chief Charles "Bootsie" Bullock
- Assistant Chief Dennis "D" Harding
- Tribal Administrator Minnie M. Lig
Contact information
540-842-0501
638 Kings Highway, Fredericksburg, VA 22405
patawomecktribalcenter@gmail.com
Information accurate as of December 2023