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    The Powhatan people (/ˌpaʊhəˈtæn, ˈhætən/) are Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands who belong to member tribes of the Powhatan Confederacy...
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    Powhatan (c. 1547 – c. 1618), whose proper name was Wahunsenacawh (alternately spelled Wahunsenacah, Wahunsunacock, or Wahunsonacock), was the leader of...
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    The Anglo–Powhatan Wars were three wars fought between settlers of the Colony of Virginia and the Powhatan People of Tsenacommacah in the early 17th century...
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    Pocahontas (category People of the Powhatan Confederacy)
    belonging to the Powhatan people, notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. She was the daughter of Powhatan, the paramount...
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  • Powhatan or Virginia Algonquian is an Eastern Algonquian subgroup of the Algonquian languages. It was formerly spoken by the Powhatan people of tidewater...
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    not an eyewitness, wrote in his History of Virginia that warriors of the Powhatan "came unarmed into our houses with deer, turkeys, fish, fruits, and other...
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    Powhatan County (/ˈpaʊ.həˈtæn/) is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 30,033. Its county seat...
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    Plantation, or Belmead-on-the-James) is a historic plantation located near Powhatan, Powhatan County, Virginia, designed by architect Alexander Jackson Davis for...
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    Indian tribes known as the Powhatan Confederacy. Members spoke the Powhatan language. The paramount chief of the Powhatan people in the late 16th and...
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    Powhatan (/ˌpaʊhəˈtæn/) is a town in Lawrence County, Arkansas, United States, along the Black River. The population was 72 at the 2010 census, up from...
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  • Look up Powhatan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Powhatan are a Native American tribe. Powhatan or Powhattan may also refer to: Powhatan, Arkansas...
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    Powhatan is a census-designated place in and the county seat of Powhatan County, Virginia, United States. The community had a population of 402 at the...
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  • USS Powhatan or USNS Powhatan, named in honor of Powhatan (1550–1618), an Indian chief in tidewater Virginia; the father of Pocahontas. USS Powhatan (1850)...
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    tribes in the first two years. Jamestown occupied land belonging to the Powhatan Confederacy; it was also on the brink of failure before the arrival of...
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    Werowocomoco (category Powhatan Confederacy)
    Werowocomoco was a village that served as the headquarters of Chief Powhatan, a Virginia Algonquian political and spiritual leader when the English founded...
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    Powhatan Point is a village in southeastern Belmont County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 1,461 at the 2020 census. It...
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    The Powhatan class of fleet ocean tugs consists of seven ships built for the United States Navy, and operated by the Military Sealift Command (MSC). The...
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  • Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (category Films set in the Powhatan Confederacy)
    diplomat, John Rolfe, to bring Chief Powhatan to England for negotiations. In the New World, Pocahontas, Powhatan's daughter, mourns John Smith's death...
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    all of their own food. Their plans depended upon trade with the local Powhatan to supply them with food between the arrivals of periodic supply ships...
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  • Pocahontas (1995 film) (category Films set in the Powhatan Confederacy)
    American animated musical historical drama film loosely based on the life of Powhatan woman Pocahontas and the arrival of English colonial settlers from the...
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  • Rose Powhatan (born 1948) is a Native American mixed-media artist, author, and activist. She is a member of the Pamunkey Indian Nation and the Tauxenent...
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    USNS Powhatan (T-ATF-166) was the lead ship of the United States Navy Powhatan-class fleet ocean tugboats. She was in service with the U.S. Navy from...
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    The first USS Powhatan was a sidewheel steam frigate in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was named for Powhatan, a Native American...
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  • Thomas Rolfe (category American people of Powhatan descent)
    husband, John Rolfe. His maternal grandfather was Chief Powhatan, the leader of the Powhatan tribe in Virginia. Thomas Rolfe was born in the English colony...
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    Powhatan is a village in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 141 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Natchitoches Micropolitan...
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    they took him to meet Chief Powhatan (Opechancanough's older brother) at Werowocomoco, the main village of the Powhatan Confederacy. The village was...
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  • Powhatan is a masculine given name. The best-known bearer of the name is Powhatan (Native American leader) (1545–1618), leader of the Powhatan tribe and...
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    the mountains. About 30 Algonquian tribes were allied in the powerful Powhatan paramount chiefdom along the coast. During English colonization and the...
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    The Powhatan Arrow (or the Arrow for short) was a named flagship passenger train operated by the Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W) in the United States...
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    to the Powhatans, with weapons and equipment. The Germans even planned to join a rumored Spanish attack on the colony and urged the Powhatans to join...
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