SUFFOLK, Va. – The Suffolk City Council will begin negotiations with the Nansemond Indian Tribe for the transfer of property for an authentic American Indian village.
But the location of the property the tribe will receive remains uncertain.
The Nansemond Indian Tribal Association asked the city in 2001 for 104 acres of land along the Nansemond River in central Suffolk, where researchers say the tribe’s original village called Mattanock Town, found on Capt. John Smith’s map, existed.
For six years, the tribe has worked with the city, providing a business plan, a feasibility study, a development plan and a preliminary funding plan, among many other requests by Suffolk officials. full story
