Table of Contents
59 relations: Algonquian languages, Anglicanism, Archaeology, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Chesapeake people, Chesapeake, Virginia, Chickahominy people, Chowanoc, Christianity, Copper, English language, Ethnic religion, Free people of color, George Allen (American politician), Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe, Hertford County, North Carolina, House of Burgesses, Indenture, Iroquoian languages, James River, Jamestown, Virginia, John Smith (explorer), Kinship, Lancaster County, Virginia, Land tenure, List of federally recognized tribes by state, List of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States, Longhouse, Matrilineality, Mattaponi, Meherrin, Memorandum of understanding, Monacan Indian Nation, Mulatto, Nansemond language, Nansemond River, Norfolk County, Virginia, Nottoway people, Nottoway River, One-drop rule, Oyster, Pamunkey, Paramount chief, Pearl, Powwow, Racial Integrity Act of 1924, Rappahannock people, Smithsonian Institution, State-recognized tribes in the United States, Suffolk, Virginia, ... Expand index (9 more) »
- Native American tribes in Virginia
- Powhatan Confederacy
- State-recognized tribes in the United States
Algonquian languages
The Algonquian languages (also Algonkian) are a subfamily of the Indigenous languages of the Americas and most of the languages in the Algic language family are included in the group.
See Nansemond and Algonquian languages
Anglicanism
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe.
Archaeology
Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture.
Bureau of Indian Affairs
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), also known as Indian Affairs (IA), is a United States federal agency within the Department of the Interior.
See Nansemond and Bureau of Indian Affairs
Chesapeake people
The Chesepian or Chesapeake were a Native American tribe who lived near present-day South Hampton Roads in the U.S. state of Virginia. Nansemond and Chesapeake people are native American tribes in Virginia and Powhatan Confederacy.
See Nansemond and Chesapeake people
Chesapeake, Virginia
Chesapeake is an independent city in Virginia, United States.
See Nansemond and Chesapeake, Virginia
Chickahominy people
The Chickahominy are a federally recognized tribe of Virginian Native Americans who primarily live in Charles City County, located along the James River midway between Richmond and Williamsburg in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Nansemond and Chickahominy people are federally recognized tribes in the United States, native American tribes in Virginia, Powhatan Confederacy and state-recognized tribes in the United States.
See Nansemond and Chickahominy people
Chowanoc
The Chowanoc, also Chowanoke, were an Algonquian-speaking Native American tribe who historically lived near the Chowan River in North Carolina.
Christianity
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
See Nansemond and Christianity
Copper
Copper is a chemical element; it has symbol Cu and atomic number 29.
English language
English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.
See Nansemond and English language
Ethnic religion
In religious studies, an ethnic religion is a religion or belief associated with notions of heredity and a particular ethnic group.
See Nansemond and Ethnic religion
Free people of color
In the context of the history of slavery in the Americas, free people of color (French: gens de couleur libres; Spanish: gente de color libre) were primarily people of mixed African, European, and Native American descent who were not enslaved.
See Nansemond and Free people of color
George Allen (American politician)
George Felix Allen (born March 8, 1952) is an American politician.
See Nansemond and George Allen (American politician)
Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe
The Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe, also the Haliwa-Saponi Tribe, is a state-recognized tribe and nonprofit organization in North Carolina. Nansemond and Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe are state-recognized tribes in the United States.
See Nansemond and Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe
Hertford County, North Carolina
Hertford County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina.
See Nansemond and Hertford County, North Carolina
House of Burgesses
The House of Burgesses was the elected representative element of the Virginia General Assembly, the legislative body of the Colony of Virginia.
See Nansemond and House of Burgesses
Indenture
An indenture is a legal contract that reflects or covers a debt or purchase obligation.
Iroquoian languages
The Iroquoian languages are a language family of indigenous peoples of North America.
See Nansemond and Iroquoian languages
James River
The James River is a river in Virginia that begins in the Appalachian Mountains and flows from the confluence of the Cowpasture and Jackson Rivers in Botetourt County U.S. Geological Survey.
Jamestown, Virginia
The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.
See Nansemond and Jamestown, Virginia
John Smith (explorer)
John Smith (baptized 6 January 1580 – 21 June 1631) was an English soldier, explorer, colonial governor, admiral of New England, and author.
See Nansemond and John Smith (explorer)
Kinship
In anthropology, kinship is the web of social relationships that form an important part of the lives of all humans in all societies, although its exact meanings even within this discipline are often debated.
Lancaster County, Virginia
Lancaster County is a county located on the Northern Neck in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
See Nansemond and Lancaster County, Virginia
Land tenure
In common law systems, land tenure, from the French verb "tenir" means "to hold", is the legal regime in which land "owned" by an individual is possessed by someone else who is said to "hold" the land, based on an agreement between both individuals.
List of federally recognized tribes by state
Federally recognized tribes are those Native American tribes recognized by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs as holding a government-to-government relationship with the US federal government. Nansemond and List of federally recognized tribes by state are federally recognized tribes in the United States.
See Nansemond and List of federally recognized tribes by state
List of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States
This is a list of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States. Nansemond and list of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States are federally recognized tribes in the United States.
See Nansemond and List of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States
Longhouse
A longhouse or long house is a type of long, proportionately narrow, single-room building for communal dwelling.
Matrilineality
Matrilineality is the tracing of kinship through the female line.
See Nansemond and Matrilineality
Mattaponi
The Mattaponi tribe is one of only two Virginia Indian tribes in the Commonwealth of Virginia that owns reservation land, which it has held since the colonial era. Nansemond and Mattaponi are federally recognized tribes in the United States, native American tribes in Virginia, Powhatan Confederacy and state-recognized tribes in the United States.
Meherrin
The Meherrin people are an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, who spoke an Iroquian language. Nansemond and Meherrin are native American tribes in Virginia.
Memorandum of understanding
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) is a type of agreement between two (bilateral) or more (multilateral) parties.
See Nansemond and Memorandum of understanding
Monacan Indian Nation
The Monacan Indian Nation is one of eleven Native American tribes recognized since the late 20th century by the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia. Nansemond and Monacan Indian Nation are federally recognized tribes in the United States, native American tribes in Virginia and state-recognized tribes in the United States.
See Nansemond and Monacan Indian Nation
Mulatto
Mulatto is a racial classification that refers to people of mixed African and European ancestry.
Nansemond language
The Nansemond language is an extinct language that was spoken by the Nansemond people of Virginia, United States.
See Nansemond and Nansemond language
Nansemond River
The Nansemond River is a U.S. Geological Survey.
See Nansemond and Nansemond River
Norfolk County, Virginia
Norfolk County was a county of the South Hampton Roads in eastern Virginia in the United States that was created in 1691.
See Nansemond and Norfolk County, Virginia
Nottoway people
The Nottoway are an Iroquoian Native American tribe in Virginia. Nansemond and Nottoway people are native American tribes in Virginia.
See Nansemond and Nottoway people
Nottoway River
The Nottoway River is a river in the U.S. State of Virginia and northeastern North Carolina that is in length.
See Nansemond and Nottoway River
One-drop rule
The one-drop rule was a legal principle of racial classification that was prominent in the 20th-century United States.
See Nansemond and One-drop rule
Oyster
Oyster is the common name for a number of different families of salt-water bivalve molluscs that live in marine or brackish habitats.
Pamunkey
The Pamunkey Indian Tribe is one of 11 Virginia Indian tribal governments recognized by the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the state's first federally recognized tribe, receiving its status in January 2016. Nansemond and Pamunkey are federally recognized tribes in the United States, native American tribes in Virginia and Powhatan Confederacy.
Paramount chief
A paramount chief is the English-language designation for a King/Queen or the highest-level political leader in a regional or local polity or country administered politically with a chief-based system.
See Nansemond and Paramount chief
Pearl
A pearl is a hard, glistening object produced within the soft tissue (specifically the mantle) of a living shelled mollusk or another animal, such as fossil conulariids.
Powwow
A powwow (also pow wow or pow-wow) is a gathering with dances held by many Native American and First Nations communities.
Racial Integrity Act of 1924
In 1924, the Virginia General Assembly enacted the Racial Integrity Act.
See Nansemond and Racial Integrity Act of 1924
Rappahannock people
The Rappahannock are a federally recognized tribe in Virginia and one of the eleven state-recognized tribes. Nansemond and Rappahannock people are federally recognized tribes in the United States, native American tribes in Virginia and Powhatan Confederacy.
See Nansemond and Rappahannock people
Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian Institution, or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums, education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge." Founded on August 10, 1846, it operates as a trust instrumentality and is not formally a part of any of the three branches of the federal government.
See Nansemond and Smithsonian Institution
State-recognized tribes in the United States
State-recognized tribes in the United States are organizations that identify as Native American tribes or heritage groups that do not meet the criteria for federally recognized Indian tribes but have been recognized by a process established under assorted state government laws for varying purposes or by governor's executive orders.
See Nansemond and State-recognized tribes in the United States
Suffolk, Virginia
Suffolk is an independent city in Virginia, United States.
See Nansemond and Suffolk, Virginia
Thomasina Jordan
Thomasina Elizabeth Jordan (Red Hawk Woman) (? – 1999) was an American Indian activist who became the first American Indian to serve in the United States Electoral College in 1988.
See Nansemond and Thomasina Jordan
Tom Coburn
Thomas Allen Coburn (March 14, 1948 – March 28, 2020) was an American politician and physician who served as a United States senator from Oklahoma from 2005 to 2015.
Tsenacommacah
Tsenacommacah (pronounced in English; also written Tscenocomoco, Tsenacomoco, Tenakomakah, Attanoughkomouck, and Attan-Akamik) is the name given by the Powhatan people to their native homeland, the area encompassing all of Tidewater Virginia and parts of the Eastern Shore. Nansemond and Tsenacommacah are Powhatan Confederacy.
See Nansemond and Tsenacommacah
United States House Committee on Natural Resources
The U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources or Natural Resources Committee (often referred to as simply Resources) is a Congressional committee of the United States House of Representatives.
See Nansemond and United States House Committee on Natural Resources
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber.
See Nansemond and United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress.
See Nansemond and United States Senate
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.
Vital statistics (government records)
Vital statistics is accumulated data gathered on live births, deaths, migration, foetal deaths, marriages and divorces.
See Nansemond and Vital statistics (government records)
Walter Plecker
Walter Ashby Plecker (April 2, 1861 – August 2, 1947) was an American physician and public health advocate who was the first registrar of Virginia's Bureau of Vital Statistics, serving from 1912 to 1946.
See Nansemond and Walter Plecker
See also
Native American tribes in Virginia
- Accomac people
- Appomattoc
- Arrohattoc
- Assateague people
- Chesapeake people
- Chickahominy people
- Chisca
- Doeg people
- Manahoac
- Manskin
- Mattaponi
- Meherrin
- Monacan
- Monacan Indian Nation
- Nacotchtank
- Nansemond
- Native American tribes in Virginia
- Nottoway people
- Occaneechi
- Pamunkey
- Paspahegh
- Patawomeck
- Powhatan
- Powhatan Confederacy
- Rappahannock
- Rappahannock people
- Saponi
- Shawnee
- Tutelo
- Wachapreague people
- Westo
- Weyanoke people
- Wicocomico
Powhatan Confederacy
- Accomac people
- Ahone
- Anglo-Powhatan Wars
- Appomattoc
- Arrohattoc
- Chesapeake people
- Chickahominy people
- Indian massacre of 1622
- Kecoughtan, Virginia
- Kiskiack
- Manskin
- Mattaponi
- Monacan
- Nansemond
- Nanzatico
- Okeus
- Pamunkey
- Paspahegh
- Powhatan
- Powhatan language
- Powhatan's Chimney
- Rappahannock
- Rappahannock people
- Tsenacommacah
- Weroance
- Werowocomoco
- Weyanoke, Virginia
State-recognized tribes in the United States
- Accohannock Indian Tribe
- Adai Caddo Indians of Louisiana
- Beaver Creek Indian Tribe
- Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians
- Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe
- Cherokee Tribe of Northeast Alabama
- Chickahominy people
- Choctaw-Apache Tribe of Ebarb
- Coharie Intra-tribal Council, Inc.
- Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation
- Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama
- Elnu Abenaki Tribe
- Golden Hill Paugussett Indian Nation
- Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe
- Hassanamisco Nipmuc
- Houma people
- Koasek Abenaki Tribe
- Lower Muskogee Creek Tribe (East of the Mississippi)
- Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina
- MOWA Band of Choctaw Indians
- Mackinac Bands of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians
- Mattaponi
- Meherrin Indian Tribe
- Missisquoi Abenaki Tribe
- Monacan Indian Nation
- Nansemond
- Nanticoke Indian Association
- Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation
- Nanticoke people
- Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia
- Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation
- Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation
- Patawomeck Indian Tribe of Virginia
- Piscataway Indian Nation and Tayac Territory
- Piscataway-Conoy Tribe of Maryland
- Pointe-au-Chien Tribe
- Ramapough Mountain Indians
- Santee Indian Organization
- Sappony
- Schaghticoke people
- State-recognized tribes in the United States
- Waccamaw Indian People
- Waccamaw Siouan Indians
- Wassamasaw Tribe of Varnertown Indians
References
Also known as John Basse, Nansemond Indian Nation, Nansemond Indian Tribal Association, Nansemond Indian Tribe, Nansemonds.