Cheroenhaka Nottoway Indian Tribe Official Site

Quaker Hun-te EE Sun-ke Was-ke-hee, Th-ra-hun-ta, Was-we-kr

Creator My Hearts Sees, Hears and Speaks

Cattashowrock ( Cat-tas-how-rock) Town will reopen for tourist /general public the first day of spring, Wednesday, March 20, 2013 and continue to be open for three days per week, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday through the second weekend in December 2013. The hours of operation will be 6 hours,10am- 4pm.

Relive the history, cultural, and traditions of the Iroquoian speaking Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indians of Southampton County VA with Chief Red Hawk. Enjoy Native American Dancing, Drumming and Singing. A maze of color in Native American Dance Regalia. Special Guest the Aztec Dancers. Visit the Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian History Booth and learn to speak our Iroquoian Language as recorded by John Wood in 1820. View Native Artifacts with ASV, Nansemond Chapter, dating back to 10,000 BC. Visit our Native American Arts & Craft and Jewel Vendors. Enjoy the taste of Native Cuisine â€“ Indian Taco, Fry Bread, Fish & Chips, Corn Soup, Funnel Cake and more. Visit Cattashowrock Town, a 17th Century replica Native American Palisade Village, as identified by William Byrd of Westover upon his visits to what is now Southampton County on April 7th & 8th, 1728 â€“ walk the interpretative trails guided by signage in our Iroquoian language and in English identifying Native Flora and Fauna indigenous to the area. SOL Appropriate / Specific.

Name of Event: Annual Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Intertribal â€œCorn Harvestâ€ Fall Festival Powwow & School Day â€“ A Celebration of the Corn Harvest Dance

Date: November 15th & 16th , 2013

Location: Cattashowrock Town, Rt. 742, Old Bridge Road, Courtland, VA 23837

Website: http://www.cheroenaka-nottoway.org

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CheroenhakaNottowayIndianTribe

Phone #: 757-334-5510

Time: November 15th , 2013, School Day â€“ 9 AM to 3 PM

November 16th , 2013, Intertribal Powwow â€“ 10 AM to Sunset

FLYER FORTH COMMING!

The Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe, made first ethno-historic contact with the English in 1607/1608 in what is now Nottoway County. We were referred to as Mangoak, or Mengwe, by the Algonquian Tribes and later in 1650, per the diary entries of Edward Bland, referred to again by the Algonquian Tribes as “Nadawa,” which soon reverted to Nottoway. In our native Iroquoian Tongue (Dar-sun-ke) we call ourselves CHE-RO-EN-HA-KA – People at the Fork of the Stream.

We Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) lodged and hunted in the southeastern part of Virginia along the Nottoway and Blackwater River. Our hunting territory extended into North Carolina along the Chowan River as far as Albemarle Sound. We, the Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe’s Chief Men were signers of three Treaties with the English / Colonial Government: the Treaty of 1646, 1677 and 1713-14 (w/Successor Clause), wherein Tribal Land was granted, the last of which was the” Circle” and the “Square Tract” (41 K acres) located in what is now Sussex and Southampton County, Virginia.

An 1808 “Special Census” depicted the Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribal Members still living on reservation land in Southampton County, Virginia in the vicinity of Assomoosick Swamp. Due to conditions germane to an influx of English Settlers (encroachment) and other accompanying economic conditions; to include, "Documentary Genocide,” some Tribal Members dispersed to other locations outside of Southampton County and even the state of Virginia; however, the majority of the Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribal Members remained, continuing to live in a communal group/tribe in “Artist Town” up to the early 1990s, and their descendants (as of this day) still remain in Southampton County.

We are still here, as the reorganized Historic Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe, Southampton County, Virginia, and we are aggressively telling our story. For our Tribal Status and Recognition with and by the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Federal Government has never been negated by any act, policy or law as verified in the Southampton County Court Case of 1851 – Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe VS Jeremiah Cobb and the February 27, 1713 Treaty between our Tribal King, Ouracoorass Teerheer AKA William Edmunds, and Colonial Lieutenant Governor Alexander Spotswood. WE invite you to view these pages to learn more about our tribe's rich history, traditions, and, cultural life. Feel free to contact us and try to attend our tribal events.