Rappahannock tribe

E420139
Indigenous people Native American tribe

The Rappahannock tribe is a Native American people indigenous to the coastal plain of Virginia, historically known for their villages along the river that bears their name and their involvement in early colonial-era interactions.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Rappahannock tribe canonical 2
Rappahannock (tribe) 1
Rappahannock Tribe 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
Native American tribe ⓘ
affectedBy European colonization of North America ⓘ
land dispossession in Virginia ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalRegion Eastern Woodlands ⓘ
Powhatan ⓘ
surface form: Powhatan Confederacy area
encountered English colonists at Jamestown ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
ethnonym Rappahannock NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy tribal council ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage Chesapeake Bay maritime culture ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice ceremonial gatherings ⓘ
craft production ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
hasEthnographicRegion Tidewater Virginia ⓘ
hasHistoricTerritory Rappahannock River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
Atlantic coastal plain ⓘ
surface form: Virginia coastal plain
hasHistoricVillagesAlong Rappahannock River NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEra Colonial America ⓘ
Pre-Columbian North America ⓘ
indigenousTo Atlantic coastal plain ⓘ
Chesapeake Bay region ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
involvedIn early English–Native American relations in Virginia ⓘ
languageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ
namedAfter Rappahannock River NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Powhatan Chiefdom ⓘ
surface form: Powhatan paramount chiefdom
recognizedAs state-recognized tribe in Virginia ⓘ
recognizedBy Commonwealth of Virginia ⓘ
region Mid-Atlantic states ⓘ
surface form: Mid-Atlantic United States
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional Native spirituality ⓘ
traditionalCrops beans ⓘ
maize ⓘ
squash ⓘ
traditionalEconomy riverine trade ⓘ
shellfish harvesting ⓘ
traditionalHousing bark-covered houses ⓘ
wood-framed structures ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
usesRiverFor fishing ⓘ
transportation ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Rappahannock River → associatedPeople → Rappahannock tribe ⓘ
Powhatan peoples → spokeLanguage → Rappahannock tribe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia Algonquian
Powhatan peoples → confederationOf → Rappahannock tribe ⓘ
Powhatan peoples → descendants → Rappahannock tribe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rappahannock Tribe
Tsenacommacah → associatedPeople → Rappahannock tribe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rappahannock (tribe)