Powhatan Confederacy

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf confederation of Native American tribes
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Powhatan_Chiefdom
gptkb:Powhatan_Nation
gptkbp:conflict English colonists
gptkbp:containsSettlement gptkb:Werowocomoco
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 1646
gptkbp:economy gptkb:hunting
agriculture
fishing
gptkbp:firstContactWithEuropeans 1607
Jamestown settlers
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Wahunsenacawh
gptkbp:house yohakin (longhouses)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Powhatan Confederacy
gptkbp:language gptkb:Powhatan
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Algonquian
gptkbp:leaderTitle gptkb:Weroance
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Chesapeake_Bay_area
gptkb:Tidewater_region
gptkb:Virginia
gptkbp:mainCrops maize
squash
beans
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Anglo-Powhatan_Wars
gptkb:Opechancanough's_uprising_(1622)
Pocahontas's marriage to John Rolfe
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Opitchapam
gptkb:Pocahontas
gptkb:Opechancanough
gptkb:Wahunsenacawh
gptkbp:notableSite gptkb:Werowocomoco
gptkb:Jamestown
gptkbp:population about 14,000 (at contact)
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Tsenacommacah
gptkb:Algonquian_peoples
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Native_American_tribe
gptkbp:symbol gptkb:deer
gptkb:tobacco
gptkbp:treaty gptkb:Treaty_of_1646
gptkbp:tribe about 30
gptkbp:uses stone tools
bone tools
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Pocahontas
gptkb:Anacostan_people
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5