Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe
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Lands
Southampton County, Virginia, United States
Countries United States
Facts 4
History
The Tribe's historical account records an elected Chief and Tribal Governing Council in May 2002.
As of 2002 Source: Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe, Ethno-Historical / Current Snapshot of the Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Nation of Southhampton County, Virginia (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Language
The Tribe's language page publishes a vocabulary drawn from materials dating to March 4, 1820.
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Today
Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe is based in Southampton County, Virginia.
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Culture
The Tribe describes Cattashowrock Town's trails as using Iroquoian and English signs to identify local plants and animals.
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Context and resources
Community Continuity And Reorganization
The Tribe's history, updated December 31, 2022, describes families maintaining community in Southampton County through land loss and racial reclassification. It recounts family clusters coming together to reorganize in February 2002, followed by an elected Tribal Government in May. In this account, reorganization is a new phase in a continuing community's history. It does not mean that Cheroenhaka people first existed in 2002, and it does not merge this Tribe with the separate Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia.
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Language Records And Public Learning
The Tribe's language page brings together vocabulary records it dates to 1820 and the 1830s, alongside correspondence about the language's Iroquoian relationships. The Cattashowrock Town page connects that history to a public interpretation site, with trails labelled in Iroquoian and English. These are the Tribe's accounts of its records and educational work. They do not establish today's number of speakers, class schedules, visitor opening times or measured learning outcomes.
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From the publisher's own pages
Cheroenhaka language records in the Tribe's own account (opens in a new tab)
Read the Tribe's account of historical vocabulary and Iroquoian language records. The page includes colonial correspondence; it is not a current speaker census or evidence of present course availability.
Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe, source reviewed by ZOTHEOS.
Cattashowrock Town: the Tribe's public interpretation site (opens in a new tab)
The Tribe describes its public interpretation site and Iroquoian/English trails. The page also lists older events and project plans; it does not confirm current opening hours or completed facilities.
Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe, source reviewed by ZOTHEOS.
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