There is a United Cherokee Tribe of Virginia that celebrates their ancestry  
in the state.  They were mostly located in the mountains in the SW part of  
the state.
 
The Cherokees were slaveowners and while they banned the ownership of  Indian 
slaves in the early 18th century as a tribal matter, they collected and  kept 
Black slaves up until 1866 when that ended via treaty with the US.   See, 
Theda Perdue, Slavery and the Evolution of Cherokee Society.  The  Cherokee were 
notoriously cruel slave owners and developed great skill in  tracking down 
runaway slaves for white owners;  however some had a habit of  killing the Black 
slaves once they found them and so the Cherokee fell out of  favor as slave 
catchers.  Seems like this dislike for their Black brothers  goes a ways back.  
76% is a pretty telling indication of how the tribal  members still feel.
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