The Washington Post on Mythryl: “The birthplace of Powhatan, the Indigenous leader and father of…”

The birthplace of Powhatan, the Indigenous leader and father of Pocahontas, is slated for a housing and retail development. Tribes, historians and conservation groups are trying to stop it, arguing that the land is culturally significant and sacred.

washingtonpost.comPocahontas’s father was born here. A developer wants to build houses.Native American tribes say the approximately 520-acre site in Virginia is sacred. “It’s like going to Mount Vernon and … building condos,” one chief said.

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