Pamunkey
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The Pamunkey are a Native American tribe indigenous to what is now eastern Virginia, known as one of the tribes of the Powhatan Confederacy and for maintaining one of the oldest reservations in the United States.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pamunkey Indian Reservation area | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indigenous people
ⓘ
Native American tribe ⓘ |
| annualTributeIncludes |
fish
ⓘ
game ⓘ handcrafted items ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalRegion | Eastern Woodlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| encounteredBy | English colonists at Jamestown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| ethnoLanguageFamily | Algonquian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| federalRecognitionYear | 2015 ⓘ |
| governedBy | Pamunkey Indian Tribal Government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReservation | Pamunkey Indian Reservation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTribalCouncil | Pamunkey Tribal Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalAffiliation | Powhatan paramount chiefdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalLanguage | Eastern Algonquian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodOfContact | early 17th century ⓘ |
| indigenousTo |
Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
eastern Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | maintaining one of the oldest reservations in the United States ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableLeader |
Cockacoeske
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Opechancanough NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Powhatan Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| paysAnnualTributeTo | Governor of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryRiver | Pamunkey River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
federally recognized tribe in the United States
ⓘ
state-recognized tribe in Virginia ⓘ |
| region | Tidewater Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedEthnicGroup |
Chickahominy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mattaponi NERFINISHED ⓘ Nansemond NERFINISHED ⓘ Powhatan people NERFINISHED ⓘ Rappahannock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
traditional tribal religion ⓘ |
| reservationArea | approximately 1,200 acres ⓘ |
| reservationCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reservationLocation | King William County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reservationSituatedOn | Pamunkey River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reservationState | Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalCraft |
basketry
ⓘ
beadwork ⓘ pottery ⓘ |
| traditionalSubsistence |
agriculture
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ hunting ⓘ |
| treatyRelationshipWith | Commonwealth of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| U.S._state | Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Pamunkey Indian Reservation area