Meherrin
Sign in to saveThe Meherrin people are an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, who spoke an Iroquian language. They lived between the Piedmont and coastal plains at the border of Virginia and North Carolina. Some Meherrin migrated north and joined the Iroquois in Canada on the Six Nations of the Grand River reserve.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Meherrin
- Ethnic group.image
- File:Tuscarora02.png
- Ethnic group.caption
- Meherrin, Tuscarora, and Nottway territory prior to 1700 CE
- Ethnic group.regions
- North Carolina, Virginia
- Ethnic group.languages
- English, formerly Meherrin language
- Ethnic group.related
- Tuscarora, Nottaway Tribe
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- Image
- Wayne Mackanear Brown (1948-2019), Principal Chief of the Meherrin Nation.jpg
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- Name
- Language
- History
- 17th century
- 18th century
- State-recognized tribe
- Notes
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The Meherrin people are an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, who spoke an Iroquian language. They lived between the Piedmont and coastal plains at the border of Virginia and North Carolina. Some Meherrin migrated north and joined the Iroquois in Canada on the Six Nations of the Grand River reserve.
The Meherrin Indian Tribe is a state-recognized tribe in North Carolina.
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