Nansemond

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The Nansemond are a Native American tribe indigenous to the Tidewater region of present-day Virginia, historically part of the Powhatan paramount chiefdom.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nansemond canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American tribe ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culture Eastern Woodlands culture ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Woodlands
ethnicGroup Powhatan peoples ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf United States ⓘ
hasClanSystem yes ⓘ
hasConflictWith early English settlers ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice seasonal fishing camps ⓘ
hasCulturalRegion Mid-Atlantic United States ⓘ
linked to: Mid-Atlantic states
hasCulturalRevival language and traditions revitalization efforts ⓘ
hasDemographics small population compared to pre-contact era ⓘ
hasHistoricEconomy riverine trade ⓘ
hasHistoricEvent dispersal and assimilation pressures during colonial period ⓘ
loss of most tribal lands in the 17th century ⓘ
reorganization as a tribal entity in the 20th century ⓘ
hasHistoricInteractionWith English colonists at Jamestown ⓘ
hasHistoricLanguage Virginia Algonquian ⓘ
linked to: Rappahannock tribe
hasHistoricReligion animism ⓘ
hasHistoricTerritory Hampton Roads ⓘ
Nansemond River ⓘ
Tidewater Virginia ⓘ
hasNameOrigin Nansemond River ⓘ
hasNeighboringGroup Chesapeake tribe ⓘ
Kecoughtan ⓘ
Paspahegh ⓘ
hasTribalGovernment tribal council ⓘ
indigenousTo Chesapeake Bay region ⓘ
Tidewater region ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
languageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Suffolk, Virginia ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
mainSettlement Suffolk, Virginia ⓘ
partOf Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
linked to: Powhatan peoples

Powhatan paramount chiefdom ⓘ
linked to: Powhatan peoples
recognizedBy Commonwealth of Virginia ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional tribal religion ⓘ
socialOrganization chiefdom ⓘ
traditionalCrops beans ⓘ
corn ⓘ
squash ⓘ
traditionalHousing wigwam ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tsenacommacah → associatedPeople → Nansemond ⓘ
Nathan Bowles → notableWork → Nansemond ⓘ
Pamunkey → relatedEthnicGroup → Nansemond ⓘ