The Chickahominy Eastern Division and Nansemond Indian Nation will received $2,008,250 in federal funding to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The funding was awarded through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Indian Community Development Block Grant program, which was extended under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, legislation Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine voted for in 2021.
The American Rescue Plan allocated more than $31 billion to Native American communities across...