8TH ANNUAL POWWOW 2009

GREEN CORN HARVEST FESTIVAL JULY 25TH & 26TH 2009

Tribal Secretaries left Deborah "Tiger Lily" Motahari and right Cynthia "Water Lily" Brown registering guest dancers.
MC Keith Colston (Lumbee-Tuscarora) making ready for our Grand Entry to The Sacred Circle.
Vice-Chief Ellis "Soaring Eagle" Wright leading the way with the Eagle Staff for The Grand Entry into The Sacred Circle with Color Guard in Tow.
Red Earth Singers
Vice-Chief Ellis "Soaring Eagle" Wright presenting the Eagle Staff for our Celebration.
Tribal Princess Alyson "Falling Star" Wright giving the Iroquois prayer The Creator.

Head Male Dancer Keith "Hides the Sun" Anderson and Head Female Dancer Donna "Water Lily"Richardson.
Powwow Parade with guest and Tribal Members in the Sacred Circle giving praise to the Creator and Mother Earth.
Teresa Preston (VP) of Nansemond Chapter ASV provides info to guest about Archeology facts.
Aztec Dancers with visiting guest.
Chief Walt "Red Hawk" Brown III and Chief Caulder (Pee Dee) Tribe.
Tribal Jingle Dancer with guest in Sacred Circle.
Chief Walt "Red Hawk" Brown interacts with guest in the History Booth.
Laura Ray (ODU Graduate) and Tribal member discussing our Iroquoian Language.
Chief Walt "Red Hawk" Brown III presents participants with Certificates of Appreciation.
Chief Brown is presented with gifts for our Heritage Museum from Tribal members.
What a Blessing the Creator has Bestowed upon us.

FIRST LANDING PRESENTATION AT FT. STORY

Tribal members and Cheif Walt "Red Hawk" Brown III receiving donation from The First Landing Heritage Foudation CEO. L to R front row: Beverly "Barefoot" El, Chief Walt "Red Hawk" Brown III, CEO First Landing Heritage Foundation Colette Amici. Back row l to r: Vashti "Sparrow Hawk" Clarke, Bernard "Fire Walker" Hedgepeth, Al "Strong Heart" Suter, Charleen "Four Roses" Suter.




L to R : Colette Amici First Landing Heritage Foundation CEO, Teresa Preston ASV Nansemond Chapter Vice-President, and Bert Wendel

September 18th 2009 Army Promotion of Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Princess

September 18th 2009 Army Promotion of Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Princess



Chief Walt "Red Hawk" Brown stands with his daughter Captain Felicia "Moon Flower" Brown, Army Nurse Corps, at her recent Army Promotion Ceremony at Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital in Washington, DC on September 18, 2009. CPT Brown received a B.S. in Nursing from Hampton University, Hampton, VA in 2005. Chief Brown was on board to assist in the pinning of his daughter's new rank. Our Tribe congratulates "Moon Flower."

LAND CLOSING PEACE PIPE CEREMONY : TRIBE RECLAIMS A PIECE OF THE RESERVATION

MARCH 2009

CHEROENHAKA(NOTTOWAY)INDIAN TRIBE RECLAIMS RESERVATION LAND

(L-R):FRONT -Mark Remaley of Sustainable Forest LLC,Chief Walt"Red Hawk"Brown,Vice-Chief Ellis "Soaring Eagle"Wright. 2nd Row (L-R):War Chief William Lamb "Spread Eagle" Howell,Chief Thomas "Two Feathers" Lewis (Honorable Guest of Meherrin Indian Tribe, (HERITAGE FOUNDATION TRIBAL MEMBERS): Deborah "Tiger Lily"Motahari,Teressa "Chenoabuck" Baxter,Beverly"Barefoot"El,Teresa Preston At Large Member.3rd Row-(L-R) Tribal members: Donnie"One Feather" Freeman,Jade"Rain Drop"Hughes,David"Spirit Hawk"Brown,Bernard"Fire Walker" Hedgepeth,Brenda "Sequoia" Taylor,Charleen "Four Roses"Suter. 4th Row-(L-R) Vashti "Sparrow Hawk" Clarke,Kim"Fire Moon" Tart,Lila " Spirit Heart" Hedgepeth,Jimmie "Faith Warrior" Hargrove,Cheryl"Songbird"Hargrove, Council and Heritage Foundation member Cynthia "Water Lily" Brown,and Jay Randolph Asst.Co. Adm. of Southampton County.
Lila "Spirit Heart" Hedgepeth delivers the Iroquoian Prayer and Praises The Great Creator for allowing our People to have access to our Sacred Land Once Again in Hopes of not being taken away from our People .
Chief Walt "Red Hawk" Brown Presenting The Peace Pipe for our Ceremony in Hopes that our Destinguished Guest will recieve it as a Peace offering.
Chief Walt "Red Hawk" Brown addresses The Peace Pipe to The Four Winds as Mark Ramaley of Sustainable Forest LLC. and Jay Randolph Asst. Co. Adm. of Southampton Co. looks on.
War Chief William Lamb "Spread Eagle " Howell lights The Peace Pipe while Chief Walt " Red Hawk" Brown draws on the pipe to begin the Peace Offering.
Mark Ramaley of Sustainable Forest LLC. accepts The Peace Pipe offering as War Chief William Lamb "Spread Eagle" Howell and Chief Thomas "Two Feathers " Lewis of Meherrin Indian Tribe look on .
David " Spirit Hawk" Brown accepts The Peace Pipe offering and passes it to other male attendees that will accept this offering .

Vice-Chief Ellis "Soaring Eagle" Wright carries the Eagle Staff leading Tribal members on their Tribal land.
Tribal Women dance their way to Sacred Land.
Members of the NA-MA-WO-CHI Drummers honored The Cheroenhaka(Nottoway)Indian Tribe by drumming on The Great Nadawa Drum .

TRIBAL EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS

2009 PRESENTATIONS



REVISIT OF HAND SITE JULY 28TH 2009


CHIEF WALT "RED HAWK" BROWN III GIVES AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE THE DIG TOOK PLACE.
"On July 28, 2009 the Hand Site, located along the Nottoway River in Southampton County, Virginia was visited by a group of concerned people with a goal of preserving the site from damage do to future logging operations in that area. The Hand Site was excavated in 1965, 1966 and 1969 revealing the footprint of “Long Houses” inside of a palisade village with a cemetery in the center. The site is ethno historically recorded to be the territory occupied by the Iroquoian speaking Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indians ca. 1580-85. Organizations represented in the photograph are (left to right) Teresa Preston, Archeological Society of Virginia, Nansemond Chapter; Chief Walter “Red Hawk” Brown , Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe; Tom Reed, South Rivers Forestry Consultants, LLC; Harvey Darden and Scott Bachman of the Virginia Department of Forestry.

(Photo and caption by: Bert Wendell, Jr., President, Nansemond Chapter of the Archeological Society of Virginia) "




FIRST LANDING FOUNDATION HISTORICAL VILLAGES PRESENTATIONS MAY-SEPTEMBER

Tribal members and Cheif Walt "Red Hawk" Brown III receiving donation from The First Landing Heritage Foudation CEO. L to R front row: Beverly "Barefoot" El, Chief Walt "Red Hawk" Brown III, CEO First Landing Heritage Foundation Colette Amici. Back row l to r: Vashti "Sparrow Hawk" Clarke, Bernard "Fire Walker" Hedgepeth, Al "Strong Heart" Suter, Charleen "Four Roses" Suter.




L to R : Colette Amici First Landing Heritage Foundation CEO, Teresa Preston ASV Nansemond Chapter Vice-President, and Bert WendelL Jr.President of ASV Nansemond Chapter


FEBRUARY

SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL PRESENTATION









2008 PRESENTATIONS


MARCH
EDITH TURNER AWARD CEREMONY AT LIBRARY OF VIRGINIA






APRIL


RICHNECK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

AUGUST


OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY PRESENTATION CHIEF WALT "RED HAWK" BROWN STUDENTS AND TRIBAL MEMBERS










FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH HIGH ST. SENIOR CITIZENS PRESENTATION






NOVEMBER


RAWLS LIBRARY COURTLAND VIRGINIA EDITH TURNER HONOR





2007 PRESENTATIONS



APRIL 24TH 2007 RE-ENACTMENT FIRST LANDING PARK VA.BEACH L-R : Vice-Chief Ellis "Soaring Eagle"Wright,Beverly "Barefoot" El, Chief Walt" Red Hawk" Brown, Chris "ThuunderHeron"Ortiz,andTeresa "FreeSpirit"Skeeter
April 28th 2007 Sussex County Va. Community Day Courthouse
L-R: War Chief "William Lamb "Spread Eagle" Howell, Vice-Chief Ellis "Soaring Eagle" Wright, and Chief Walt "Red Hawk" Brown Tribal members attend Community Day in Sussex Co. Virginia







MAY NORFOLK VA.CHIEF WALT"REDHAWK"BROWN
AT
ST.PIOUS CATHOLIC SCHOOL NORFOLK VA
Chief Walt "Red Hawk"Brown interacting with a group of students .
Students are amazed at the artifacts that are presented by The Cheroenhaka( Nottoway) Indian Tribe



JUNE 28TH 2007 JANAF LIBRARY NORFOLK VIRGINIA

L-R: Cynthia "Water Lily" Brown, Chief Walt "Red Hawk" Brown, and Tanterrian "Sunshine" Taylor

Tribal members and Chief Walt "Red Hawk" Brown interacting together





JUNE LITTLE CREEK LIBRARY
Chief Brown interacts with students






JULY PAUL D. CAMP COMMUNITY COLLEGE FRANKLIN VA
Chief Walt "Red Hawk" Brown with Archeaologist Russell Darden




AUGUST FT. EUSTIS










SEPTEMBER COURTLAND HERITAGE DAY








HERITAGE DAY PARADE








NOVEMBER CHILDRENS CENTER FRANKLIN VA


NOVEMBER FT.EUSTIS

AMERICAN INDIAN SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON, D.C. 11TH Annual Powwow & Inaugural Ball Jan.19th & 20th 2009

(L) Gilbert Thompson Office of Economic Developement of The Missisippi Band of The Choctaw Indians with Chief Walt "Red Hawk" Brown (R)of The Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe of Southampton County Virginia at The 11th Annual American Indian Society Inauguaral Ball Hyatt Crystal City Arlington Virginia
Tribal member Michael "Grey Owl" Brown(L) and Chief Walt "Red Hawk" Brown(R)at The 11th Annual American Indian Society Inaugural Ball Hyatt Crystal City Arlington Virginia
American Indian Society Washington, D.C. 11th Annual Powwow Hyatt Crystal City Arlington Virginia and dancers in Grand Entry Procession
AIS of Washington, D.C. 11th Annual American Indian Powwow in Washington D.C. Grand entry with flags and staff in procession
Chief Walt "Red Hawk" Brown in foreground during Grand Entry Circle at the AIS of Washington D.C. 11th Annual American Indian Powwow in Washington,D.C.
Chief Walt "Red Hawk"Brown and Tribal Member Michael "Grey Owl"Brown at The American Indian Society Powwow in Washington D.C. Members of The Alaska Raven Dance Group (L) Apsenaquat and (R) Teresa Germain
Tribal Member Michael "Grey Owl " Brown and Chief Walt "Red Hawk" Brown attend the Inauguration Ceremony of the President and Vice President of the United States for Barack Obama and Joe Biden on behalf of The Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe of Southampton County Virginia . Thanks to Silver Tickets recieved from Senator Jim Webb
Silver Ticket for entrance to the Inauguaration
Chief Walt "Red Hawk" Brown holding his Silver Ticket for The Inauguaration
Can you find the Chief ? OOPS! Lost in the crown of nearly 2 million people

Cheroenhaka(Nottoway)Inter-Tribal Fall Powwow 2008 Nottoway Co. Va.

The beginning for our Grand Entry into The Sacred
Circle to give thanks to The Great Creator

Head Male Dancer Pernell Richardson (Haliwa-Saponi) Indian Tribe along with Cheroenhaka(Nottoway) Head Teen Jingle Dancer Jade "Rain Drop" Hughes,and other tribal members and visitors
Head Female Dancer Donna "Water Lily"Richardson and Head Male Dancer Pernell Ricardson leading Tribal members and visitors in the Sacred Circle Color Guard leading in the Sacred Circle during Grand Entry
Master of Ceremonies Clark Stewart
Vice-Chief Ellis "Soaring Eagle" Wright and Tribal Member Donnie Freeman
Host Drum Yough-ta-nund and Guest Drum Falling Water
VIP Dancer Registration with tribal members working
Arena Director Thomas "Two Feathers" Lewis and Head Female Dancer Donna Richardson of The Meherrin Indian Tribe along with Head Male Dancer Pernell Richardson Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe and Tribal Princess of The Chickahominy Indian Tribe
Prince David "Slow Turtle" Brown, Chief Walt "Red Hawk" Brown, and Chickahominy Princes with Tribal member T.J. "Rolling Thunder" Hewett
Head Female Jingle Dancer and Head Male Dancer with Head Teen Jingle Dancer
Head Male Dancer showing his finery with Head Teen Jingle Dancer following
Tribal members and guest in the Sacred Circle
Three Chiefs ,Chief Walt"Red Hawk Brown , Chief Thomas "Two Feathers" Lewis (Meherrin Indian Tribe) and Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) War Chief William "Spread Eagle" Lamb Howell
Tribal Members with Guest in Sacred Circle
Chief Walt "Red Hawk"Brown relates Tribal History to the Audience
Tribal members leading in the Sacred Circle
Head Teen Jingle Dancer Jade Hughes, Head Teen Male Dancer David Brown , Head Female Jingle Dancer Donna Richardson , and Head Male Dancer Pernell Richardson
Fancy Shawl Dancers
Thomas Winn Native Wood Carver Powwow Vendor (Native Driftwood Thomas Winn Wood Carver)
Aztec Dancers Mexico City
Tribal Member Angus Hines looks on