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Know Your York Watershed System - is CBNERR-VA's monthly webinar series dedicated to hot watershed topics. Each month, we'll hear from the folks behind the State of the York Watershed System, catching up on the latest and learning where action is needed. This webinar series is designed for those who live, work and/or play in the York Watershed System and are eager to create positive ripple effects with just a DROP!
Episode 11: The Indigenous History of Bacon’s Rebellion
In 1676, the Pamunkeys, Rappahannocks, and many other indigenous groups prevailed against a force bend on their destruction during Bacon's Rebellion. Success was based on planning, cohesion, leadership, fieldcraft, exceptional environmental knowledge, and use of the Dragon Swamp. The brilliance of the tribes, the successful tactics of the war, and their discipline kept the tribes going. This exemplary strategy became a consequential tactical and operational victory for the tribes that is presently under-recognized in American history. For the past two years, the the Pamunkey Indian Tribe and the Rappahannock Tribe, along with St. Mary's College of Maryland and the Friends of Dragon Run, Inc. - with support from a National Park Service Preservation Planning Grant from the American Battlefield Program - have studied where, how, and why the tribes prevailed. This study sheds light on Indigenous strategies and tactics, their withdrawal into, and operations within the Dragon Swamp, and how the ecological richness of the swamp acted as a force multiplier for their tactics - in sheltering their nations, and as a "grocery" store to sustain them. Join us to learn more of this extraordinary story. Speaker bios here.
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When/Where: September 30, 2026, at noon on Zoom here
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Do you have an idea for a training opportunity or program that you would find particularly useful? Please contact Cirse Gonzalez at 804.684.7144 or cagonzalez@vims.edu and let her know of your suggestions.