Post on 30-Nov-2014
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The Powhatan
Where Did They Live?
• Eastern Virginia• Along the
Chesapeake Bay• Next to Virginia’s
rivers• “Tsenacomoco”
John Smith’s Map of Virginia, 1608
Survival
What Did They Grow?
•Corn, beans, squash •Mounds dug with sticks and shells
Matoaka
• “Pocahontas” Little Wanton One
• Daughter of Chief Powhatan
•John Rolfe
•England
The Powhatan Today
For More Information:www.baylink.org/mattaponi (Home page for the Mattaponi)
www.nansemond.org (The Nansemond’s website)
www.pamunkey.net (The Pamunkeys have been recognized since
the 17th century)
www.historyisfun.org (Jamestown’s Website)
http://indians.vipnet.org/ (The website for the Virginia Council
on Indians)
http://www.doi.gov/bia/ (The Bureau of Indian Affairs website,
agency of the federal government)