Powhatan peoples

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The Powhatan peoples were a confederation of Algonquian-speaking Native American tribes in what is now eastern Virginia, known for their complex chiefdom under Wahunsenacawh (Chief Powhatan) and their early encounters with English colonists.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-speaking people ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
tribal confederation ⓘ
confederationOf Appomattoc tribe ⓘ
linked to: Appomattoc people

Chickahominy tribe ⓘ
linked to: Powhatan peoples

Mattaponi tribe ⓘ
Nansemond tribe ⓘ
linked to: Powhatan peoples

Pamunkey tribe ⓘ
Powhatan tribe ⓘ
linked to: Powhatan peoples

Rappahannock tribe ⓘ
over 30 tribes ⓘ
conflictWith English colonists ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
culturalRegion Mid-Atlantic United States ⓘ
linked to: Mid-Atlantic states
descendants Chickahominy Indian Tribe ⓘ
Mattaponi Indian Tribe ⓘ
linked to: Mattaponi tribe

Nansemond Indian Nation ⓘ
Pamunkey Indian Tribe ⓘ
linked to: Pamunkey tribe

Rappahannock Tribe ⓘ
linked to: Rappahannock tribe

Upper Mattaponi Indian Tribe ⓘ
economyBasedOn gathering wild plants ⓘ
hunting and fishing ⓘ
maize agriculture ⓘ
encountered English colonists at Jamestown ⓘ
Virginia Company colonists ⓘ
engagedIn trade with English colonists ⓘ
trade with other Native groups ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf eastern Virginia ⓘ
foodStaple beans ⓘ
corn ⓘ
squash ⓘ
governedAs paramount chiefdom ⓘ
hasCapital Werowocomoco ⓘ
housingType wigwam ⓘ
influenced early colonial Virginia history ⓘ
involvedIn First Anglo-Powhatan War ⓘ
Second Anglo-Powhatan War ⓘ
Third Anglo-Powhatan War ⓘ
languageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ
leaderTitle mamanatowick ⓘ
locatedIn Chesapeake Bay region ⓘ
Tidewater Virginia ⓘ
notableLeader Chief Powhatan ⓘ
Wahunsenacawh ⓘ
notableMember Opechancanough ⓘ
Pocahontas ⓘ
partOf Eastern Woodlands cultures ⓘ
practiced seasonal agriculture ⓘ
slash-and-burn farming ⓘ
recognizedBy Commonwealth of Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Virginia
religion traditional Algonquian spirituality ⓘ
signed Treaty of 1646 ⓘ
spokeLanguage Powhatan language ⓘ
Virginia Algonquian ⓘ
linked to: Rappahannock tribe
timePeriod early 17th century ⓘ
pre-Columbian era ⓘ
usedMaterial woven mats and bark for houses ⓘ
usedTechnology dugout canoes ⓘ
stone and bone tools ⓘ
worshipped Ahone ⓘ
Okeus ⓘ

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Jamestown → hasEthnicGroupInHistory → Powhatan peoples ⓘ
British–Native American wars → opponent → Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
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Pocahontas → birthPlace → Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
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Pocahontas → associatedWith → Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
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Pocahontas → citizenship → Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
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Appamatuck → ethnicGroup → Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
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Eastern Woodlands → traditionalInhabitants → Powhatan peoples ⓘ
First Anglo-Powhatan War → belligerent → Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
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First Anglo-Powhatan War → belligerent → Powhatan Indians ⓘ
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First Anglo-Powhatan War → opponentOf → Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
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First Anglo-Powhatan War → relatedTo → Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
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Second Anglo-Powhatan War → conflictBetween → Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
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Second Anglo-Powhatan War → belligerent → Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
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Second Anglo-Powhatan War → relatedTo → Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
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James Fort → adjacentTo → Powhatan territories ⓘ
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Starving Time (1609–1610) → significantParticipant → Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
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Powhatan peoples → confederationOf → Powhatan tribe ⓘ
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Powhatan peoples → confederationOf → Chickahominy tribe ⓘ
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Powhatan peoples → confederationOf → Nansemond tribe ⓘ
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Jamestown Settlement living-history museum → interpretsCulture → Powhatan Indians ⓘ
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Nanticoke people → relatedEthnicGroup → Powhatan peoples ⓘ
Nacotchtank people → relatedEthnicallyTo → Powhatan peoples ⓘ
Third Anglo-Powhatan War → hasParticipant → Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
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Third Anglo-Powhatan War → hasOpponent → Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
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Third Anglo-Powhatan War → primaryBelligerent → Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
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Powhatan Wars → conflictBetween → Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
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First Anglo-Powhatan War → conflictBetween → Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
subject linked to: Powhatan Wars
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Second Anglo-Powhatan War → conflictBetween → Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
subject linked to: Powhatan Wars
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Third Anglo-Powhatan War → conflictBetween → Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
subject linked to: Powhatan Wars
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Powhatan Wars → opponent → Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
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Powhatan Wars → mainBelligerent → Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
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Amonute → memberOf → Powhatan people ⓘ
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Amonute → culture → Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
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Matoaka → memberOf → Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
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Matoaka → countryOfCitizenship → Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
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Powhatan → alsoKnownAs → Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
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Wahunsenacawh → ethnicGroup → Powhatan people ⓘ
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Wahunsenacawh → confederacyLed → Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
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Wahunsenacawh → tribe → Powhatan tribe ⓘ
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Wahunsenacawh → countryOfCitizenship → Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
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Wahunsenacawh → tribalAffiliation → Powhatan people ⓘ
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Chief Powhatan → chiefOf → Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
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Chief Powhatan → tribalAffiliation → Powhatan people ⓘ
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Chief Powhatan → formed → Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
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Chief Powhatan → culture → Powhatan culture ⓘ
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Tsenacommacah → primaryInhabitants → Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
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Tsenacommacah → associatedPeople → Powhatan people ⓘ
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Tsenacommacah → ruledBy → Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
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Henricus → nearbyIndigenousGroup → Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
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