ENRICHING THE ROANOKE-CHOWAN AREA AND BEYOND
EVENTS
Chowan Discovery has given over 100 programs for the public our founding in 2008.
Most of these programs are free to the public. The venues included schools, libraries,
churches, civic groups, museums, colleges and universities and conferences.
Wed, Aug 17Elizabeth CityThe Chowanoke Nation was the largest of the Algonquian nations in North Carolina. The English encountered them in 1586 – one year before the arrival of the Lost Colony. Marvin Tupper Jones, a Chowanoke descendant and Director of the Chowan Discovery Group, gives an image-filled history.