Virginia: Norfolk is opening its first casino, who is the Native American tribe behind it?

Friday, November 18, 2022 4:16 PM
  • Penny Kmitt, 3 WTKR

Headwaters Casino, the first of its kind in the city of Norfolk, is slated for completion in 2024.

The new entertainment facility is being built by one of Virginia’s oldest native groups, the Pamunkey Indian Tribe, in the hopes of bringing both fun and a bit of a history lesson to the Mermaid City.

“We want people who visit any of our businesses to know that it’s a Pamunkey Indian tribe that owns it,” said the tribe’s Chief, Robert Gray. “There’s a lot of things about Virginia Indians that people don’t know.”