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 people
surface form: Appomattoc tribe

Powhatan peoples self-linksurface differs
surface form: Chickahominy tribe

Mattaponi tribe
Powhatan peoples self-linksurface differs
surface form: Nansemond tribe

Pamunkey tribe
Powhatan peoples self-linksurface differs
surface form: Powhatan tribe

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

Nansemond Indian Nation
Pamunkey tribe
surface form: Pamunkey Indian Tribe

Rappahannock tribe
surface form: Rappahannock Tribe

Upper Mattaponi Indian Tribe
economyBasedOn gathering wild plants
hunting and fishing
maize agriculture
encountered English colonists at Jamestown
Virginia Company of London
surface form: Virginia Company colonists
engagedIn trade with English colonists
trade with other Native groups
ethnicGroupOf Southeastern Virginia
surface form: 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 Virginia
surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia
religion traditional Algonquian spirituality
signed Treaty of 1646
spokeLanguage Powhatan language
Rappahannock tribe
surface form: Virginia Algonquian
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 peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
Pocahontas birthPlace Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
Pocahontas associatedWith Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
Pocahontas citizenship Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
Appamatuck (Appomattox) Native American people ethnicGroup Powhatan peoples
subject surface form: Appamatuck
this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
Eastern Woodlands traditionalInhabitants Powhatan peoples
First Anglo-Powhatan War belligerent Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
First Anglo-Powhatan War belligerent Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan Indians
First Anglo-Powhatan War opponentOf Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
First Anglo-Powhatan War relatedTo Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
Second Anglo-Powhatan War conflictBetween Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
Second Anglo-Powhatan War belligerent Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
Second Anglo-Powhatan War relatedTo Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
James Fort adjacentTo Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan territories
Starving Time (1609–1610) significantParticipant Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
Powhatan peoples confederationOf Powhatan peoples self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Powhatan tribe
Powhatan peoples confederationOf Powhatan peoples self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Chickahominy tribe
Powhatan peoples confederationOf Powhatan peoples self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Nansemond tribe
Jamestown Settlement living-history museum interpretsCulture Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan Indians
Nanticoke people relatedEthnicGroup Powhatan peoples
Nacotchtank people relatedEthnicallyTo Powhatan peoples
Third Anglo-Powhatan War hasParticipant Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
Third Anglo-Powhatan War hasOpponent Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
Third Anglo-Powhatan War primaryBelligerent Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
Powhatan Wars conflictBetween Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
Powhatan Wars conflictBetween Powhatan peoples
subject surface form: First Anglo-Powhatan War
this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
Powhatan Wars conflictBetween Powhatan peoples
subject surface form: Second Anglo-Powhatan War
this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
Powhatan Wars conflictBetween Powhatan peoples
subject surface form: Third Anglo-Powhatan War
this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
Powhatan Wars opponent Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
Powhatan Wars mainBelligerent Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
Amonute memberOf Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan people
Amonute culture Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
Matoaka memberOf Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
Matoaka countryOfCitizenship Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
Powhatan alsoKnownAs Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
Wahunsenacawh ethnicGroup Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan people
Wahunsenacawh confederacyLed Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
Wahunsenacawh tribe Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan tribe
Wahunsenacawh countryOfCitizenship Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
Wahunsenacawh tribalAffiliation Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan people
Chief Powhatan chiefOf Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
Chief Powhatan tribalAffiliation Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan people
Chief Powhatan formed Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
Chief Powhatan culture Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan culture
Tsenacommacah primaryInhabitants Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
Tsenacommacah associatedPeople Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan people
Tsenacommacah ruledBy Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
Henricus nearbyIndigenousGroup Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy