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Chickahominy Interview
Interview with Lenora Adkins of the Chickahominy Tribe
Her father, the late former Chief Leonard Adkins - an educator; about the qualities needed to be an effective leader; visiting the Whitehouse and cultural trips to Europe with Virginia and North Carolina Natives; Chickahominy history; Virginia Indian churches and Virginia Indians as a people of faith.
A brief history of the Virginia Council on Indians; the Racial Integrity Act, marriages, and birth certificates; and a reflection of 2007.
The involvement of Thomasina Jordan and Leonard Adkins in organizing Virginia Indians to go to Nice, France; the dancing event was during Carnival; the troupe won the competition.