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A packaging label for Indian Queen tobacco, manufactured by W. A. Blankenship and Company of Richmond and dating to the late nineteenth or early twentieth century, features an Indian woman standing outdoors with a tepee and Indian man in the…

Chief Running Deer, of the Rappahannock Indians, prepares to throw a stone-pointed spear at a fish in the James River at the Jamestown Festival Park. At the time Chiles T. Larson took this undated photograph, Running Deer served as a historical…

Webster "Little Eagle" Custalow, chief of the Mattaponi Indians (left), and Norman "Chief Evening Star" Custalowdance at a Thanksgiving celebration outside the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond. Virginia governor Charles S. "Chuck" Robb, Chief…

Clifton Holmes, a member of the Chickahominy Indian tribe, gives a speech while his daughter tries to climb up the podium on September 28, 1969. The girl's mother can be seen reaching for her daughter. The photograph, by Lawrence Brown, was taken at…

Pamunkey chief Tecumseh Deer Foot Cook and a girl stand together outside the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond in front of a dead rabbit and deer while men in suits look on.The annual tribute honored the terms of the treatyending the Third…

Two members of the Mattaponi Tribe present a gift to Virginia governor Mills E. Godwin Jr. (center) on the steps of the State Capitol in Richmond on November 24, 1976. A man at left holds a long stick with fish and quail tied to it, while at right a…

A woman adjusts the feather headdress of a man wearing a deerskin top and beaded necklace during Native American Week in Virignia. This photograph, by an unidentified photographer, was taken for the Richmond Times-Dispatch and dated September 26,…

People sitting and standing on a small hill beside a road watch a parade during the celebration of Native American Week in Virginia. An Indian girl stands up in a small convertible sports car and waves to the onlookers. This photograph, by an…

Traditionally dressed Native American men and boys dance in a cleared area outside a school or community building as part of Native American Week in Virginia. Wes Owen, a member of the Chickahominy tribe, is at center. This photograph, by an unknown…

Onlookers enjoy an event that is part of Native American Week in Virginia. This photograph, by an unknown photographer, was taken for the Richmond Times-Dispatch and dated September 26, 1988.