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Virginia Memory: Edith Turner: Nottoway Cheroenhaka Chief

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How did Edith Turner, Chief of the Nottoway, navigate nineteenth-century Nottoway and Anglo-American societies while keeping the tribe's children on the reservation? This lesson looks at her life and her strong stance to maintain the tribe's cultural traditions in spite of the pressures from white society.

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reservations

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native children, cheroenhaka, edith turner, edy turner, iroquoi, iroquoian, native american woman, nottoway, nottoway petition, nottoway petition of 1821, virginia memory, wane roonseraw, famous native american, native american encounter

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Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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