Rappahannock

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Rappahannock

  1. A tribe of Native American peoples in what is now Virginia, USA.
    • 2022 April 2, Zoe Sottile, “Native American tribe gets its land back after being displaced nearly 400 years ago”, in CNN‎[1]:
      “We have worked for many years to restore this sacred place to the Tribe,” said Rappahannock Tribe Chief Anne Richardson, according to the Chesapeake Conservancy.
  2. A river in Virginia, United States, which flows into Chesapeake Bay.
    • 2022 April 2, Zoe Sottile, “Native American tribe gets its land back after being displaced nearly 400 years ago”, in CNN‎[2]:
      Fones Cliff is the ancestral home of the tribe, located on the eastern side of the Rappahannock River in Virginia. The area, located inside the Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge, will be publicly accessible and placed in trust with the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

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