Indigenous HistoryLand Theft
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TERRITORIAL DISPLACEMENT•LOC: Cape Henry & Estuaries
Chapter 01• 1607
The Original Displacement: The Chesapeake and Powhatan Peoples
Long before European colonization, the Chesapeake and Powhatan peoples stewarded this coastal paradise. The foundation of Virginia Beach’s real estate began with the violent expropriation of their ancestral lands.