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NSWC Dahlgren Honors American Indian Heritage, Culture, and Traditions
November 26, 2019 — DAHLGREN, Va. – The day nationally celebrated as the first Thanksgiving marks the historic occasion when the English colonists and the Wampanoag North American Indians joined for a harvest feast in 1621.The Wampanoag were a confederacy of tribes of the Northeast Woodland Native American cultural group who spoke in Algonquian.Minnie Lightner of the... MORE

IMAGE: DAHLGREN, Va. (Nov. 21, 2019) - Capt. Casey Plew, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) commanding officer, presents the Dahlgren history book, "The Sound of Freedom," to Twila Bradley and Minnie Lightner, guest speakers at the NSWCDD sponsored National American Indian Heritage Month Observance at the base theater. Bradley and Lightner – members of the Patawomeck Indian Tribe of Virginia – spoke about the culture, history, and contributions of the Patawomeck Tribe in terms of the heritage month’s 2019 theme: “Honoring Our Nations: Building Strength Through Understanding”. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

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