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 ...

But one group of Virginians claims the land has even deeper significance. The Monacan Indians, chased out some 300 years ago, believe the V where the two rivers meet was the site of their ancient ...

A four-year battle between a Native American tribe and a Virginia water authority has ended after both parties agreed on a new location for water facilities, the tribe announced Wednesday.

AMHERST COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — There’s a divide between some Monacan Indians over who is leading the new nation. The argument could soon play out in federal court in a case where some tribe ...

Five state championships in six years. Three straight titles. The Monacan girls swim team has created a dynasty. The Chiefs successfully defended their Class 4 state crown for a third straight ...

“It’s nice that after we’ve been here for 10,000 years, they finally admit we exist,” laughed Dean Branham, chief of the Amherst County-based Monacan Indian Nation. “I wish they had done ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — There’s a club at Monacan High School that students can really sink their teeth into. "I've always wanted to make a club," high school senior Jack Alexander Cheatham ...

“You say Native American, people first thing they go, they think you should have long hair, and you ride a horse, and all this," says Dean Branham, Monacan Tribal Chief. "But here we ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Monacan Chiefs finished the 2023 season with a 3-7 record, missing the playoffs for the third consecutive year. However, Head Coach Jim Henderson enters the 2024 ...

Douglas Freeman girls tennis, Deep Run golf, Highland Springs football, John Marshall boys basketball, Hanover baseball, New Kent wrestling and Monacan girls swimming -- these are in recent years ...