Native People in 18th Century Virginia

A variety of indigenous people lived in Eighteen-century Virginia. William Preston wrote of his conflicts with the Shawnee and Cherokee. But others, including Siouan speaking people, occupied Southwest Virginia prior to the arrival of Europeans.

Film courtesy of the Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia

Pictured: Indigenous Language Groups in Virginia at the time of European contact in 1600.

Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, Beyond Jamestown: Virginia Indians Today and Yesterday (p.15)