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Program: Indigenous People of Virginia's Interior
Venue: Lyric Theatre, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Time: 7:00 - 8:00 PM
Event Types: Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free

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Historic Smithfield, Radford University Anthropological Sciences and the History Department at Virginia Tech presents the program "Indigenous People of Virginia's Interior" on Tuesday, September 23, 2025 at The Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg, VA.

Join an illuminating exploration of the cultural traditions and leadership roles of the Eastern Woodland peoples of Virginia’s interior led by Victoria Ferguson.

Victoria Ferguson is an enrolled member of the Monacan Indian Nation of Virginia. She is a graduate of Marshall University and has a background in researching science methodologies to support historical information. Victoria has spent 25 years seeking first-person documentation and archaeological information to help explain and support theories on the daily living habits of the Yesáh (Eastern Siouan) populations up through the early European colonization period. She has written and presented work at Virginia Tech, Washington and Lee University, Sweet Briar College, James Madison University, and several archaeological conferences.

Victoria has coordinated lectures ranging from Dietary Health, Textiles/craftmanship, Indigenous Matriarchy, Enslaved Communities of Color in Virginia, to even Soil Health and Environmental Justice. Miss Vicky was one of two founding elders who cultivated the establishment of Virginia Tech Indigenous Community Garden in 2014 and was responsible for seed-saving many of the Yesáh heirlooms. She works to share and pass her knowledge when it comes to seed-keeping and tending rare heirlooms to the Indigenous community at Virginia Tech alongside sharing her knowledge of craftsmanship.

Admission is free and all are welcome.

The doors open at 6:00 PM and the presentation begins at 7:00 PM.

Other co-sponsors include Virginia Tech's Indigenous Studies Program, the Virginia Tech Ati: Wa:oki Indigenous Community Center and Radford University Connected Communities.

The Lyric Theatre is located at 135 College Avenue in Blacksburg, VA.

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