Powhatan

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Algonquian-speaking people Native American people

Powhatan were a Native American people of eastern Virginia who formed a powerful chiefdom encountered by English colonists at Jamestown in the early 17th century.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Powhatan canonical	18
Powhatan Confederacy area	1
Powhatan Paramount Chiefdom	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Algonquian-speaking people ⓘ Native American people ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Powhatan Chiefdom ⓘ Powhatan peoples ⓘ surface form: Powhatan Confederacy Powhatan language ⓘ surface form: Virginia Algonquian
capitalSettlement	Werowocomoco ⓘ
conflictWith	Jamestown ⓘ surface form: Jamestown colonists
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalContinuity	descendant tribes in modern Virginia ⓘ
encounteredBy	English colonists at Jamestown ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	Southeastern Virginia ⓘ surface form: eastern Virginia
firstMajorContactYear	1607 ⓘ
heritage	part of early colonial American history ⓘ
housing	wigwams ⓘ
involvedIn	First Anglo-Powhatan War ⓘ Second Anglo-Powhatan War ⓘ Third Anglo-Powhatan War ⓘ
language	Powhatan language ⓘ
languageFamily	Algonquian languages ⓘ
leaderTitle	mamanatowick ⓘ
locatedOn	Chickahominy River vicinity ⓘ James River vicinity ⓘ Potomac River vicinity ⓘ Rappahannock River vicinity ⓘ York River vicinity ⓘ
mainDeity	Ahone ⓘ Okeus ⓘ
materialCulture	dugout canoes ⓘ shell beads (wampum-like currency) ⓘ woven mats ⓘ
notableLeader	Wahunsenacawh ⓘ surface form: Wahunsenacawh (Chief Powhatan)
notablePerson	Opechancanough ⓘ Pocahontas ⓘ
numberOfTribes	about 30 constituent tribes ⓘ
partOf	Eastern Woodlands ⓘ surface form: Eastern Woodlands cultures
politicalStructure	chiefdom ⓘ tributary chiefdom ⓘ
populationEstimate	15000 to 30000 people at contact ⓘ
postContactOutcome	loss of land to English colonists ⓘ population decline from disease and warfare ⓘ
recognizedBy	Virginia ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia (state-recognized tribes)
region	Tidewater Virginia ⓘ
religion	traditional Algonquian spirituality ⓘ
subsistence	fishing ⓘ gathering wild plants ⓘ hunting ⓘ maize agriculture ⓘ
timePeriod	late 16th century to early 17th century ⓘ
treaty	Treaty of 1646 ⓘ surface form: Treaty of 1646 with English colony of Virginia

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pocahontas → ethnicity → Powhatan ⓘ

Pocahontas → tribe → Powhatan ⓘ

The New World → portrays → Powhatan ⓘ

Appamatuck (Appomattox) Native American people → partOf → Powhatan ⓘ

subject surface form: Appamatuck

this entity surface form: Powhatan Paramount Chiefdom

Appamatuck (Appomattox) Native American people → neighboringGroup → Powhatan ⓘ

subject surface form: Appamatuck

Nanticoke → relatedEthnicGroup → Powhatan ⓘ

First Anglo-Powhatan War → commander → Powhatan ⓘ

statue of Pocahontas at St George’s Church → subjectHasEthnicity → Powhatan ⓘ

Powhatan Wars → notableCommander → Powhatan ⓘ

Amonute → ethnicity → Powhatan ⓘ

Amonute → fatherAlsoKnownAs → Powhatan ⓘ

Matoaka → ethnicGroup → Powhatan ⓘ

Matoaka → culture → Powhatan ⓘ

Wahunsenacawh → alsoKnownAs → Powhatan ⓘ

Thomas Rolfe → ethnicOrigin → Powhatan ⓘ

Weapemeoc → relatedEthnicGroup → Powhatan ⓘ

Argall → hasCharacter → Powhatan ⓘ

Rebecca Rolfe → ethnicity → Powhatan ⓘ

Woodland Indians → includedPeople → Powhatan ⓘ

Rappahannock tribe → culturalRegion → Powhatan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Powhatan Confederacy area