sentences:  In September 2007 Gates County was chosen as a potential site for a US Navy landing field in the northeastern part of the state.In 2014 Delois Chavis, a Chowanoke descendant, worked with other Chowanoke to buy 146 acres of the tribe's former reservation land near Bennett's Creek.She had grown up knowing of her Native American identity from her parents and grandparents, and is among those who want to revive the tribe.