Most Virginians have no idea about the 11 present-day Virginia tribes, the issues they encountered in their historic past, or how they continue to thrive. We tend to think of Virginia’s Indians as a thing of the past, and indeed about 100 years ago the state tried to make them invisible. For a fascinating look at this past and present, the public is invited by the McLean Area AAUW on Saturday, January 28, to the McLean Community Center at 10:00 a.m. to hear Karenne Wood, a member of the Monacan Indian Nation and director of the Virginia Indian Heritage Program at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. Dr. Wood, a linguistic anthropologist and also a published poet, has previously worked at the National Museum of the American Indian. In 2015, she was honored as one of Virginia’s Women in History for her work.
