Chief Walter D. “Red Hawk” Brown, III - TBA for the 2011 season The Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe, Southampton County Virginia is an Iroquoian-speaking Tribe – Visit the First Landing Foundation’s Historic Villages at Cape Henry and share in the ethnohistory of the Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe. Learn some of the words in their language (Dar-sun-ke) and talk with tribal members manning the “Iroquoian Longhouse”. “WE ARE STILL HERE” Chief Red Hawk, a renowned “First (Native) American Speaker,” has given public and, private school and community college presentations throughout Hampton Roads, Southside Virginia, Richmond, Washington DC, North Carolina and South Carolina. He has been the invited guest speaker for Native American History Month at many military posts and bases in our area – Fort Monroe, Fort Eustis, Joint Forces Staff College, and the Navy Exchange Service Command. Since 2002 Chief Red Hawk has given Native presentations to thousands of our first through fifth grade students as a means of preparing them to pass the Native American portion of Virginia Standard of Learning (SOL) Exam. As a local leader serving on the Southampton County Board of Supervisors, Chief Red Hawk, appeared at First Landing on April 26, 2007 in “Full Native Regalia” along with other local leaders, and signed a proclamation declaring the “Year of Regional Citizenship” in Hampton Roads. As a celebration of Citizenship and who we are in My Hampton Roads, Chief Red Hawk, the first person to be profiled, appeared on WAVY TV 10 On Your Side’s weekly news report “My Hampton Roads” as narrated by Andy Fox. He is a member of the Archeological Society of Virginia, Nansemond Chapter. He is a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel, serves as Vice Chairman of the Franklin / Southampton Republican Party Unit, and claims the honor of being one of thirty First Americans to attended the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York as an “Alternate Delegate.’’ ARTIFACTS, ART & FACTS As a compliment to Chief Red Hawk’s presentations, the Archeological Society of Virginia, Nansemond Chapter, will hold an artifacts identification day (TBA for the 2010 season). Bring your collectables, colonial or Native American and let the Archeological Society of Virginia, Nansemond Chapter assist you in identifiying the time line associated with your items. The point of contact for the Archeological Society of Virginia, Nansemond Chapter is Teresa Preston, Tel #: 757-859-9345. For more information visit the tribe’s website, www.cheroernhaka-nottoway.org or call the Powwow Chairperson Mona “Quite Storm” Cunnikin, Tel #: 757-538-1804 / 757-723-9439. |