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The Meherrin Nation is one of eight state-recognized Nations of Native Americans
Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans in the United States are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States United States, including parts of Alaska and the island state of Hawaii....
 in North Carolina
North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north....
. They received formal state recognition in 1986. The Meherrin currently have an enrollment of 557 people, some of whom are learning to speak their ancestral language again.

The Meherrin are Iroquoian
Iroquoian languages

The Iroquoian languages are a First Nation and Native Americans in the United States language family. The language family, amongst others, includes Mohawk language, Wyandot language and Cherokee language....
-descent Native Americans
Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans in the United States are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States United States, including parts of Alaska and the island state of Hawaii....
 who reside in rural northeastern North Carolina
North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north....
, near the river of the same name on the Virginia
Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia is an United States U.S. state on the East Coast of the United States of the Southern United States. The state is known as the "Old Dominion" and sometimes as "Mother of Presidents", because it is the birthplace of Lists of United States Presidents by place of birth#By state....
-North Carolina
North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north....
 border. The Meherrin tribal seat is Winton, North Carolina
Winton, North Carolina

Winton is a town in Hertford County, North Carolina, North Carolina, United States. The population was 956 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Hertford County, North Carolina....
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The Meherrin Nation is one of eight state-recognized Nations of Native Americans
Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans in the United States are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States United States, including parts of Alaska and the island state of Hawaii....
 in North Carolina
North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north....
. They received formal state recognition in 1986. The Meherrin currently have an enrollment of 557 people, some of whom are learning to speak their ancestral language again.

The Meherrin are Iroquoian
Iroquoian languages

The Iroquoian languages are a First Nation and Native Americans in the United States language family. The language family, amongst others, includes Mohawk language, Wyandot language and Cherokee language....
-descent Native Americans
Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans in the United States are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States United States, including parts of Alaska and the island state of Hawaii....
 who reside in rural northeastern North Carolina
North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north....
, near the river of the same name on the Virginia
Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia is an United States U.S. state on the East Coast of the United States of the Southern United States. The state is known as the "Old Dominion" and sometimes as "Mother of Presidents", because it is the birthplace of Lists of United States Presidents by place of birth#By state....
-North Carolina
North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north....
 border. The Meherrin tribal seat is Winton, North Carolina
Winton, North Carolina

Winton is a town in Hertford County, North Carolina, North Carolina, United States. The population was 956 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Hertford County, North Carolina....
. The Nation is principally located in and around the "Little California/Pleasant Plains/Union" area of Hertford County, North Carolina
Hertford County, North Carolina

Hertford County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of 2000, the population was 22,601. Its county seat is Winton, North Carolina....
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Meherrin
Meherrin, Virginia

Meherrin is a small unincorporated area in Lunenburg County, Virginia and Prince Edward County, Virginia counties in the U.S. state of Virginia....
 is the name of a small village in Southside Virginia.

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  • Meherrin tribe