Powhatan Chiefdom

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Native_American_tribe
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Powhatan_Nation
gptkb:Powhatan_Confederacy
gptkbp:artifactsFound gptkb:ceramics
stone tools
shell beads
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Werowocomoco
gptkbp:composedOf over 30 tribes
gptkbp:culture matrilineal descent
gptkbp:descendedFrom gptkb:Chickahominy_tribe
gptkb:Eastern_Chickahominy_tribe
gptkb:Mattaponi_tribe
gptkb:Monacan_tribe
gptkb:Nansemond_tribe
gptkb:Pamunkey_tribe
gptkb:Rappahannock_tribe
gptkb:Upper_Mattaponi_tribe
gptkbp:dissolved English colonization
gptkbp:existedDuring Late 16th century
gptkbp:existedUntil 17th century
gptkbp:firstContactWithEuropeans 1607
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Wahunsenacawh
gptkbp:governedBy mamanatowick
gptkbp:house yehakins
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Powhatan Chiefdom
gptkbp:languageSpoken gptkb:Eastern_Algonquian
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Tidewater_region
gptkb:Virginia
gptkbp:mainCrops maize
squash
beans
gptkbp:mainEconomicActivity gptkb:hunting
agriculture
fishing
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Anglo-Powhatan_Wars
gptkb:Jamestown_settlement
Pocahontas' marriage to John Rolfe
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Pocahontas
gptkb:Opechancanough
gptkb:Wahunsenacawh
gptkbp:populationEstimate 14,000-21,000 (circa 1607)
gptkbp:religion mythology
gptkbp:rival English colonists
gptkbp:settlementType villages
gptkbp:territory gptkb:Chesapeake_Bay_area
gptkb:Potomac_River
gptkb:James_River
gptkb:Rappahannock_River
gptkb:York_River
gptkbp:treaty gptkb:Treaty_of_1646
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Powhatan_Confederacy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6