The Mattaponi Indian Tribe has submitted a petition to be formally recognized by the federal government. On Thursday, a delegation of Mattaponi Indians traveled to Washington to file the petition with ...

The Mattaponi Indian Tribe on Thursday formally submitted a petition for federal acknowledgment as an Indian Tribe with a government-to-government relationship with the United States. The petition was ...

The Upper Mattaponi Tribe held its 35th Annual Pow Wow and Spring Festival on May 25-26. The event, held on the tribal grounds in King William County, featured dancing, drumming and vendors. Dozens of ...

KING WILLIAM — Two years after an election appeared to signal a new direction in the leadership of the Mattaponi tribe in King William County, the feud on the reservation remains as bitter as ever.

The 855 acres reacquired by the Upper Mattaponi Indian Tribe are located alongside the Mattaponi River in Virginia. Today we begin anew our ancestor’s thoughtful caretaking of these important lands ...

Virginia’s Mattaponi Indian Tribe has one of the oldest reservations in the country but is just now seeking federal recognition after decades of debate. RICHMOND — Mattaponi tribal Chief Mark T.

RICHMOND, Va. — Tuesday's tribute ceremony at the Virginia Governor's mansion continued a tradition older than the United States, as the Mattaponi and Pamunkey Indian Tribes honored a nearly ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Tribal citizens of the Mattaponi and Pamunkey tribes joined Governor Glenn Youngkin at his mansion on Wednesday for the 347th annual Tax Tribute Ceremony. During the ceremony on ...

From the beginning, planners of the 400th anniversary of the Jamestown settlement wanted the participation of Virginia's eight Native American tribes. But things were shaky from the start -- the ...

RICHMOND – Mattaponi tribal Chief Mark T. Falling Star Custalow parked his white Chevy Silverado in front of the Virginia Executive Mansion and, with the help of his son and brother, unloaded a deer ...