2000
In 2000 Calvin S. Hall was elected to a four year term as Chief of the Meherrin Indian Tribe.
2001
In 1951, the Pleasant Plains Indian Church celebrated its 150th anniversary.
2001
A Virginia Historical Marker was place in the area where the Meherrin once lived
2001
13th Annual Meherrin Powwow 2001.
2002
Jacqueline Spangler, left, president of the Rev. James Blair Chapter of the Colonial Dames-XVII Century, welcomes Page Archer of the Virginia Council of Indians to the Colonial Dames fall Chapter meeting. Archer is a member of the Meherrin Indian Tribe of North Carolina and a representative tribal dancer. She spoke to the Chapter on the various tribes of Indians in Virginia and brought many items representing her tribe’s cultural background.
2002
Meherrin Chief Calvin Hall attends the Nottoway Tribe’s 1st Annual Powwow in Southhampton Virginia in 2002.
Rudy Hall, right, Chief of Maryland’s Accohannock tribe, poses with North Carolina’s Meherrin Tribal Chief Calvin Hall, left, and Mervin Savoy, center, at the Nottoway Tribe’s first annual powwow in Southampton County, Va., in 2002.
2003
15th Annual Meherrin Powwow 2003.
Pictured here is the late Meherrin Chief Calvin Hall and his family.
2004
In 2004 Thomas Lewis was elected to a four year term as Chief of the Meherrin Indian Tribe.
2005
Aug 2005
The Rev. William Reid, a representative of the Meherrin Indian Tribe, was invited to attend a special dedication ceremony on the grounds of Fort Christanna in Lawrenceville Virginia a location once inhabited by the Meherrin people. While there, he blessed the grounds that will now be forever seen as sacred grounds to, not only the Meherrin Indian Nation, but to the Saponi Occoneechee Tribe as well. The Saponi Tribe moved into the fort for protection after the land was abandoned by the Meherrin people as they made their way further east along the Meherrin River. With archeological digs taking place since 2000, artifacts of the Meherrin people have been uncovered and as state and historical authorities got together, the site will now take on a permanent stand in history as Fort Christanna, the home place of the Meherrin Indians. Fort Christanna dates back to at least 1714, and in 1924 was recognized with a Virginia state marker. An organization known as the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in Virginia are credited with stepping in an effort to preserve the central three-acres where the fort is located. Brunswick County owned approximately 22 acres that surround the fort and now county and national historic authorities have signed the land over to be preserved.
Dorothy Diggs Livingston and Arlene Melton Brown
2007
Former Meherrin Chief George Earl Pierce was killed on Jan 29, 2007. His funeral was held on Feb 3, 2007 at the Pleasant Plains Indian Baptist Church in Ahoskie NC.
2007
May 4th, 2007- Francis H. Davis, honorary state president of the Virginia Society Colonial Dames 17th Century, left meets with Paige Archer of the Meherrin Indian Tribe before the recent rededication ceremony of Historic Jamestown. Archer was appointed by Governor Warner to serve on the Virginia Council on Indians. She also serves as secretary of the York County Electoral Board, is on the board of directors of the York County Boys and Girls Club and is a retired Hampton schoolteacher. Archer and Davis are members of the Yorkton Woman’s Club. Archer participated in the rededication ceremony, also in attendance was Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Prince Philip.
2008
In 2008 Wayne Mackanear Brown was elected to a four year term as Chief of the Meherrin Indian Tribe.
2008
May 31, 2008
More than 50 Meherrin Nation tribal members participated in the first Traditional Strawberry Ceremony held in more than 200 years in Meherrin territory. Kanaratanoron (Michael Jock), of the Bear Clan People of Mohawk Territory in Akwesasne, N. Y., and Sky-yoh-wee-yoh (Joe Logan), of the Wolf Clan of Oneida Territory, led the ceremony on Meherrin Nation grounds.
2009
A Gayanashagowa Review (Great Law of Peace Review) was conducted by Chief Billy Lazore (Wolf Clan) Onondaga Nation, Mike Jock (Bear Clan) Mohawk Nation, and Joe Logan (Wolf Clan) Oneida Nation. Many Meherrin attended this ceremony that took place over eight days and renewed the Meherrin pledge to uphold the Gayanashagowa and Iroquois traditions.
2009
On Feb 17, 2009 the Meherrin Nation received an honorary medal and plaque from Col. West of the United States Army at Fort Bragg Army Base for participating in a Native American heritage celebration
2009
On Oct 20, 2009 the Meherrin Nation members were named the Grand Marshalls at the Emporia Peanut Festival, where they demonstrated traditional Iroquois Social Dances.