Meherrin
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The Meherrin Nation is one of eight state-recognized Nations of Native Americans in North Carolina and received formal state recognition in 1986. The Meherrin currently have an enrollment of 557 people.
The Meherrin are Iroquoian-descent Native Americans who reside in rural northeastern North Carolina, and are proximate to the river of the same name on the Virginia-North Carolina border. The Meherrin tribal seat is Winton, North Carolina and the Nation is principally located in and around the "Little California/Pleasant Plains" of Hertford County, North Carolina.
Meherrin, Virginia is a small village in southside Virginia.
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