Tribal land in Virginia will be returned to the Rappahannock Tribe during a celebration hosted by the Department of the Interior.
New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland would be the first Native American Cabinet secretary if confirmed by the Senate.Tribal land in Virginia was returned to the Rappahannock Tribe during a celebration hosted by the Department of the Interior Friday.joined the Rappahannock Tribe, Chesapeake Conservancy and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in honor of the tribe's historic reacquisition of roughly 465 acres at Fones Cliffs.
The Fones Cliffs lie on the eastern side of the Rappahannock River and are located within the authorized boundary of the Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge. "Threatened by development for decades, this 'crown jewel' of Virginia has immense significance, not only for the surrounding environment but for American history," the Conservation Fund's website states.
The land will remain publicly accessible and will be given to the Rappahannock Tribe with a permanent conservation easement that legally limits the use of the sacred land for conservation efforts.The shoreline of the Rappahannock river at Fones Cliff in Richmond County, Va., Nov. 17, 2015.
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