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
linked to: Powhatan peoples
Nanticoke people relatedEthnicGroup Powhatan peoples
Nacotchtank people relatedEthnicallyTo Powhatan peoples
Third Anglo-Powhatan War hasParticipant Powhatan Confederacy
linked to: Powhatan peoples
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
linked to: Powhatan peoples
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
linked to: Powhatan peoples
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
linked to: Powhatan peoples