Mary Belvin Wade

Mary Belvin "Laughing Dove" Wade (November 29, 1951 – April 18, 2003) was a Native American (Monacan Indian Nation) community organizer and activist.

Early and family Wade was born in Huntington, West Virginia in 1951. In 1981, she married Al Wade.

Career Wade worked as a receptionist and legal assistant at a law firm in Richmond, Virginia. During her adulthood, she learned of her Monacan Indian heritage. She later became involved with Virginia Native American organizations and causes and was closely associated with Thomasina Jordan.

In 1995, Governor George Allen appointed Wade as a member of the Virginia Council on Indians and she was reappointed to her seat three years later by Governor Jim Gilmore, serving as the council's secretary.

Wade was also an advocate for federal recognition of the eight tribal nations in Virginia. In 2005, Wade was named to the Virginia Women in History by the Library of Virginia.