A water intake and pump station project in Fluvanna County has taken another step toward being moved away from the historic capital of the Monacan Indian Nation.

The Monacan Indian Nation recently purchased more than 1,000 acres on Laurel Cliff Road in Monroe for $5.5 million, a move that ties into the Amherst County-based tribe’s plans for ...

The event, at 225 Laurel Cliff Rd. in Monroe, happens on Monacan Indian Nation land, celebrating Native American communities and heritage through traditional dancing, regalia and festivities.

There are 11 state-recognized Indian tribes in Virginia: the Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe, Chickahominy Indian Tribe, Chickahominy Indians Eastern Division, Mattaponi Indian Tribe, Monacan ...

Learn how federal recognition has had a positive impact on the Monacan Nation. The Monacan Indian Nation received federal recognition in 2018, but the Monacan people have lived in Virginia for ...

All Monacan children attended school in a two-room log cabin schoolhouse, up until the 1960s. It was built all the way back in the 1870s. Two of those many children were Branham's parents.

This story was updated on July 29, 2023 to add information about a July 18 public notice in the Federal Register. Recognize the road name ‘Indian Mound Road’ in Verona? Here’s the story behind it—and ...

“We are still here and we are thriving,” Kenneth Branham, Chief of the Monacan Indian Nation, said. The tribe, the largest with 2,895 residents, is headquartered in Amherst.

“We are still here and we are thriving,” said Kenneth Branham, Chief of the Monacan Indian Nation, headquartered in Amherst and the largest of the tribes with 2,895 enrolled citizens.

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