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Last week, the Nansemond Indian Nation was given back 504 acres of their ancestral lands in Suffolk County.For the seven federally recognized Tribes in Virginia, getting back ancestral lands for conservation is key to their sovereignty.
For more than three decades, the Nansemond Indian Nation Pow Wow has brought together a community of different tribes, ages and backgrounds to Suffolk. Hundreds attended Saturday’s opening of the two-day festival.