Emily Richardson leaned on her cane in her garden in Caroline County, watching granddaughter Jay Richardson Grebe gather the “three sisters” — crops of corn, beans and squash. Richardson has lived on her lush land, about two hours north of Norfolk, for more than 60 years. She and Grebe are members of the Rappahannock Tribe and, for the past two years, Richardson has been teaching her .
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Tribes around Virginia, particularly in and near Hampton Roads, are promoting the benefits and need to return to foodways that sustained them for centuries. Several groups are working to get Indigenous people back to their roots.