The nansemond indian nation are the indigenous people of the nansemond river, a 20-mile long tributary of the james river in virginia

Our tribal citizens primarily live in the hampton roads area of southeastern virginia, including cities such as norfolk, virginia beach, and suffolk. We do not currently possess any trust land, though we own or have control of several properties in the region, with the trust process underway. In 2013, we received approximately 70 acres of property at lone star lakes along the nansemond river from the city of suffolk. This area is land that our ancestors once lived on, and is now named after one of our historic villages, known as mattanock town. However, the grant of land from the city of suffolk came with significant strings attached. We have operated a temporary administrative and community center at mattanock town, but we are presently working to move our operations and develop our center of tribal activity at a nearby site where we have full control of the land, land and have already submitted an application for transfer into trust. This site, located on bridge road in suffolk, has direct highway frontage, ready access to utilities, mature trees, open space, and sufficient room for the current and future cultural and 2 administrative needs for our tribe. There are two current buildings there, and we have begun a grant-funded project to construct a third building during 2024. We plan to use tbcp use and adoption funds to obtain and fund the cost of fiber broadband connectivity (including facility connection charges related to the distance from the nearest interconnection point) to these anchor institutions from a commercial broadband provider already operating in the area. In addition, to further encourage use and adoption of broadband throughout our tribal community, and to ensure that all of our tribal citizens are able to utilize broadband for remote work, education, healthcare, and all the other benefits available now and in the future, we also plan to provide tribal citizens in need with broadband bill assistance and deploy end-user devices to those families.