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Monacan

The Monacan Indian Nation has enduring relationships with Virginia’s Piedmont.

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A source guide for a deeper dive.This entry provides a brief orientation and an organized reading path. A comprehensive deep dive has not yet been completed. Follow the annotated sources and distinguish primary community accounts from outside reference material.
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Identity and context

The Monacan Indian Nation has enduring relationships with Virginia’s Piedmont.

Read the sources [1] monacannation.gov

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A path for deeper reading

Focus the next stage of research on: Monacan-authored history, language context and contemporary community institutions. The sources below are selected reading paths; their authorship, dates and community scope should guide how they are used.

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Indigenous-ledmonacannation.govSource 1

Our History - MONACAN INDIAN NATION

Community or Indigenous-organization perspective linked for this entry. Use “Our History - MONACAN INDIAN NATION” to begin with the publisher’s own account; check whether its scope is one community or a wider people.

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https://www.monacannation.gov/our-history.html
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Governmentdoe.virginia.govSource 2

Monacan Indian Nation | Virginia Department of Education

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https://www.doe.virginia.gov/teaching-learning-assessment/k-12-standards-instruction/history-and-social-science/virginia-s-first-people-past-and-present/today/monacan-indian-nation
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