In 1919, Pamunkey Indian couple Nannie and Paul Miles, along with an unidentified child and Union Ottaway Collins holding a dog, posed on the front porch of a house on the Pamunkey Reservation in Virginia. Frank Speck photograph collection, N12730; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Cent

FOCUSED: A Century of Virginia Indian Resilience

Repeats Daily.
May 27, 2023 - 09:00 amMay 27, 2023 - 05:00 pmFebruary 4, 2021 - March 25, 2022, 9am - 5pm
Venue: 
Jamestown Settlement
2110 Jamestown Road
Williamsburg, VA 23185
United States 2110 Jamestown Road Williamsburg 23185

Admission

  • Jamestown Settlement Adult Ticket: $18.00
  • Jamestown Settlement Youth Ticket (Ages 6-12): $9.00
  • Under Age 6: $Free

Focus on 100 years of Virginia Indian resiliency in a yearlong special exhibition featuring personal and professional photography collections charting this century of change, from the passage and repeal of the Racial Integrity Act of 1924 to state and federal recognition today.

In collaboration with Virginia Indian tribal communities, "FOCUSED" is principally a photographic exhibition drawing from collections held by the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian, as well as images from anthropologist Frank Speck in 1910s to 1930s, the work of award-winning Baltimore Sun photographer A. Aubrey Bodine in the 1940s and 1950s, and portraits by contemporary American Indian photographers. 

Jamestown Settlement is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Residents of James City County, York County and the City of Williamsburg, including William & Mary students, receive free admission.

Made possible with the support of James City County.