Southampton County, VA
Join us for our
32nd Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Corn Harvest Powwow & School Day

2023 Calendars
$20 plus $5 shipping per calendar.
Calendars can be paid for via PayPal or Zell or mail in check or money order made payable to the Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribal Heritage Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 297 Franklin, ViA 23851.
Contact Chief Brown or Karen Barrett.
“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.
Each year we host three tribal events on our 263 acres of tribal land at Cattashowrock Town. A Green Corn Dance Powwow the first Saturday in July, a Native American Revival, Crusade for Christ / Yahshua, the Great Awakening of the Holy Spirit, on the third Saturday in September and an Intertribal Corn Harvest Powwow and School Day on the first weekend in November. The School Day is the Friday before the November Powwow with a bonfire that evening.
“Quaker Hun-te EE Sun-ke Was-ke-hee, Th-ra-hun-ta, Was-we-kr “
Chief Walt “Red Hawk” Brown, “Teerheer”
(Creator My Hearts Sees, Hears and Speaks).![]()

Visit Cattashowrock Town
Visit Cattashowrock Town, a 17th Century replica Native American Palisade Village, as identified by William Byrd II of Westover upon his visit to what is now Southampton County, Virginia on April 7th & 8th, 1728 and walk the interpretative trails guided by signage in our Iroquoian language and in English identifying Native Flora and Fauna indigenous to the area.
Tribal Council
Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe
Current Tribal Council Members and Staff
Tribal Chief/Council Chairman/President CNE-LLC/Heritage Foundation Chairman/ President CNE-Signature JV ,LLC | Chief Walt “Red Hawk” Brown |
Vice Chief/ Chief Man/Tribal Treasure | Ellis “Soaring Eagle” Wright |
War Chief/Chief Man/Powwow Color Guard Commander | William Lamb “Spread Eagle Howell |
Council Woman/ Vice Chief for Admin/Tribal Secretary/Roll Keeper/Face Book Administrator/ Grant Committee/CNE-LLC Secretary/CNE-Signature JV ,LLC Secretary | Caroh “Water Blossom” Holley |
Chief Man/ Tribal Council/Grant Committee Chairman/ Powwow Food Services Chair/ CNE-LLC Board Member | Gary “Twin Hawks” Burnette |
Chief Man/ Council Member/Heritage Foundation Assistant Treasure/CNE-LLC Treasurer | Tommy “Star Watcher” Hines |
Tribal Heritage Foundation Treasurer | Kitty “Yellow Sky Woman” Boone |
Chief Man/Assistant Powwow Co Chair Administrator/Tribal Land Maintenance Manager | Rickie “Two Beavers” Boone |
Council Member/ Foundation Board of Director/Grant Committee Vice Chair | Sonya “Star Bird” Lawrence |
Adopted Tribal Member/Heritage Foundation At Large Board Member/FD Financial Secretary/ASV Point of Contact | Teresa “Moon Star” Preston |
Powwow Food Services Committee | Alex “Strong Moon” Whitney |
Tribal Women’s Group Leader | Vacant |
Tribal Council’s Support Staff
Chief Man/Tribal Website Administrator and Heritage Foundation Website Administrator | Michael “Strong Tree” Skipper |
Assistant Tribal Website Administrator | Deborah “Tiger Lily” Motahari |
Educational Representative/School Day Coordinator/Tribal Media Rep/Tribal Calendar | Karen “Running Moon” Barrett |
Tribal Fund Raiser Chairperson/Coordinator | Mary F. “Morning Rain” Wilkerson |
Tribal Book Scholarship Chairperson | Beverly “Barefoot” El |
Three Sisters Garden Chair/ Powwow Food Services Committee/Adopted Tribal Member/Grant Committee | Colette “CoCo” Hayward |
Powwow Food Services Committee/Adopted Tribal Member | Mary “White Feather” Ross |