Our special report on the Rappahannock native tribe receiving federal recognition will take you out to southeastern Virginia, where we sat down to interview the chief and tribal council to discuss what federal recognition means to them, why it took so long, and how “history was hijacked and held hostage by the state.”

Host: Niko Marcich

Researcher: Tyler Hinkle

Guest interview: Chief Anne Richardson, Assistant Chief Mike Fortune, Chair on the Council Barbara Williams, and Councilmember Jerry Fortune

Producers: Andy Carluccio and Geoff Keating

Music: Audissey and Talkdemonic

Global Inquirer is a production of the International Relations Organization at UVA and affiliated with TEEJ.fm, UVA’s podcasting network.