My 8 times great grandmother was a Nansemond Indian. She converted to Chrisitianity, and married John Basse. I've given background of their lives in the last 2 posts.
At the bottom of the bill to gain federal recognition of the Nansemond tribe, I've posted a copy of the document which states how she was baptized and married to John Basse, and it even states her parentage as a Native American.
This tribe has waited a long time to be recognized, and perhaps to obtain some benefits. But I notice that the bill does not allow them to set up gambling (a great revenue resource for some tribes). I wonder if the tribe in Suffolk will be able to keep the land that they were planning to make into a historic village, similar to Jamestown.
I admit to not keeping up with all the doings in Virginia.
But I recently listened to a podcast about Bacon's Rebellion. And it is apparently being taught differently in schools now. So I'm interested in the second episode. It's on "All the things you missed in History Class." Not that Bacon's Rebllion had anything to do with the Nansemond Tribe, but it does give some back story as to how endentured people (European, African, Indian) were needed for the tobacco industry of early colonial America.
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