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.

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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

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Pamunkey River hasCulturalSignificanceFor Pamunkey
this entity surface form: Pamunkey Indian Reservation area