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Native American tribe gets its land back in Virginia

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The Native American Rappahannock Tribe reacquired 465 acres of land in Virginia after being displaced from it nearly 400 years ago.

Fones Cliff, the ancestral home of the tribe, is slated to be used for a replica 16th-century village to educate the public.

William Dodge Angle provided the funds for the Chesapeake Conservancy to purchase the 465 acres and donate the fee title to the Rappahannock Tribe, according to CNN.

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