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Metadata
Catalog Number |
L2024.1.1 |
Collection |
Native Voices of Loudoun County: Past and Present Exhibit |
Object Name |
The Virginia Indian Heritage Trail |
Title |
The Virginia Indian Heritage Trail, Second Edition |
Scope & Content |
Foreword by CHIEF KENNETH F. ADAMS (UPPER MATTAPONI) As Americans, we are taught to respect our heritage. As American Indians, our heritage spans more than 10,000 years. Yet, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, there has been a meager respect for the contributions of such a lengthy history. To the average Virginian, Virginia Indian history began in 1607 and ended in 1700. A 10,000 year history has been compressed into fewer than 100 years. There is so much more to the Virginia Indian story. The Heritage Trail will help immensely in filling this historic void. As a people we were respectful to our environment, living in harmony with the land and our Creator in several hundred vibrant communities in this land some called Tsenacomocol. In those communities were places of worship, places of recreation, and land set aside for agriculture. There were large houses fit for kings and smaller houses where several families lived. Even so, most Americans have read we were savages, and we have been portrayed throughout history as a people to be conquered and tossed aside. We have an opportunity with this Trail to portray the Virginia Indian in a proper light,. Our heritage is due respect as well as any other heritage. Our heritage is due respect as well as any other heritage. Our history needs to be told as well as any other history. We cannot continue to be the forgotten people in Virginia history books or on the landmarks across this Commonwealth. Our Creator placed us here as the gatekeepers of the land, and our magnificent story can not and will not be buried. |
Number of images |
31 |
Accession number |
L2024.1.1 |
Additional Information |
TheVirginia Indina Heritage Trail Loudoun County Before The Europeans Mini Gathering Indigenous OurReach Native American Perspective on Cool Spring Battlefield Park Concept by Chris & Rene White |