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Nottoway

American  
[not-uh-way] / ˈnɒt əˌweɪ /

noun

  1. a river in S Virginia, flowing SE to the Blackwater River at the North Carolina border. 170 miles (274 km) long.


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But Nottoway County in Virginia — population of about 15,000, hosts Ft.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 27, 2022

Chief Walter D. “Red Hawk” Brown III, who represents the 400 members of the Cheroenhaka Nottoway tribe, said he was honored to be involved in providing context during the planning process.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 10, 2021

After the game was released in 2010, Julianne Jennings, an anthropology professor and member of the Cheroenhaka Nottoway tribe, organized a protest over it.

From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2019

Ostentation triumphed along the lower Mississippi, where Louisiana sugar planter John Andrews built his 75-room mansion Belle Grove in the late 1850s to overshadow neighboring Nottoway with its 64 rooms.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018

Colonel Nathaniel Harrison was empowered to disarm the Nottoway Indians.

From History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia by Charles Campbell

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