Chief Walt Brown of the CheroenhakaOfficial Website of the
Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe

Southampton County, VA

"WELCOME"

As our tribe's spokesperson "Dar-sun-ke" (the Tongue), and Chief, it is with great zeal on behalf of the Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribal Council and Members, that we welcome you in the name of the Creator (Quaker-Hun-te) to our Tribal Web Site.

Our Annual Powwow and Gathering, "Ke-to-ok-neh" (a celebration of the Green Corn Harvest) is always on the fourth weekend of July at the Southampton County Fairgrounds, in Courtland, Virginia. The Powwow is unique to our traditions and culture in that it is our time to dance and praise the Creator. Here we renew old friendships and create new ones. Come, join us and enjoy the Drum, Songs, the Dance and, of course, our Native American Cuisine.

Each year we publish a tribal journal call the Waskehee, which means "to see" in our native tongue. It highlights episodes of the ethno-history of our tribe from first contact with the Colonials in what is now Nottoway County, Virginia to the present.

Make sure you get a copy of our Tribal Journal, the Waskehee, and learn of our people, the Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe, for "We Are Still Here!"

" Quaker Hun-te EE Sun-ke Was-ke-hee, Th-ra-hun-ta, Was-we-kr "
(Creator My Hearts Sees, Hears and Speaks).

Chief Walt "Red Hawk" Brown, "Teerheer"
Mark of the Chief

Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe Tribal Council

Ellis "Soaring Eagle" Wright

Vice Chief & Powwow Co-Chairman

William Lamb "Spread Eagle" Howell

War Chief

Cynthia "Water Lily" Brown

Secretary / Roll Keeper

Teresa "Free Spirit" Skeeter

Assistant Secretary

Teresa "Chenoabuck" Baxter

Assistant Secretary

Cassandra "Guiding Star" Holland-Requizo

Grant Committee

Ethel "Suncerary" Johnson

Research Committee

Ricky "Two Beavers" Boone

Powwow Co-Chairman