Powhatan

Also known as Powatan, Powhaten, Virginia Algonquians, Powhatan Confederacy

thumb| Powhatan (Native American leader)|Powhatan in a [[longhouse at Werowocomoco (detail of John Smith map, 1612)]]

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Ethnic group.group: Powhatan people
Ethnic group.regions: Eastern Virginia
Ethnic group.religions: Indigenous religion, Christianity
Ethnic group.languages: Historically Powhatan, currently English
Ethnic group.related: Pamlico, Nanticoke, Lenape, Massachusett, and other Algonquian peoples

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Contents

Diaspora/ Migration of the Executive tribe Powhatan (Proper)
Naming and terminology
Early history
Complex paramount chiefdom
Powhatan builds his chiefdom
English settlers in the land of the Powhatan
Anglo-Powhatan Wars and treaties
Changing society and English expansion
Culture and lifeways
Tribes of the paramount chiefdom and their territories
20th-century history
Powhatan tribes today
State-recognized tribes
The Powhatan Nation of American Indians (Modern Registered Tribal Government of the core Powhatan Confederacy tribe The Powhatan (Proper).
Federally recognized tribes
Powhatan languages
See also
Notes
Further reading
External links

thumb| Powhatan (Native American leader)|Powhatan in a [[longhouse at Werowocomoco (detail of John Smith map, 1612)]]

Powhatan people () are Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands who belong to member tribes of the Powhatan Confederacy, or Tsenacommacah. They are Algonquian peoples whose historic territories were in eastern Virginia.