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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Thomas Rolfe relative Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan people
Thomas Rolfe cultureBridgeBetween Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
Thomas Rolfe associatedWithTribe Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles includesAccountOf Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
Arrohateck memberOf Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
Monacan historicallyDistinctFrom Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
Neusiok (Neuse) Native American people relatedGroup Powhatan peoples
subject surface form: Neusiok
this entity surface form: Carolina Algonquian peoples
Rebecca Rolfe placeOfOrigin Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
Rebecca Rolfe citizenship Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
Susquehannock neighboringGroup Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
Captain John Smith interactedWith Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
Jamestown Island associatedWith Powhatan peoples
this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy