Powhatan tribe

GPTKB entity

Statements (76)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Native_American_tribe
gptkbp:confederation gptkb:Powhatan_Confederacy
gptkbp:contactEvent gptkb:Jamestown_settlement
gptkbp:contactWith English colonists
gptkbp:culturalPractice gptkb:artist
gptkb:ceramics
canoe building
basket weaving
body painting
corn agriculture
longhouse dwellings
matrilineal kinship
wampum use
powwow ceremonies
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:federallyRecognizedTribe gptkb:Mattaponi_tribe
gptkb:Pamunkey_tribe
gptkbp:hasVillage gptkb:Werowocomoco
gptkb:Kecoughtan
gptkb:Paspahegh
gptkb:Chesapeake
gptkb:Powhatan
gptkb:Opechancanough
gptkb:Chickahominy
gptkb:Mattaponi
gptkb:Pamunkey
gptkb:Rappahannock
gptkb:Nansemond
gptkb:Chiskiack
gptkb:Moraughticund
gptkb:Nanzatico
gptkb:Patawomeck
gptkb:Quiyoughcohannock
gptkb:Tauxenent
gptkb:Weyanock
gptkb:Wicocomico
Appomattoc
Arrohateck
Onawmanient
Secacawoni
Cuttatawomen
Kiskiack
gptkbp:historicalEvent gptkb:Anglo-Powhatan_Wars
gptkb:Opechancanough's_uprising_(1622)
gptkb:Treaty_of_1646
Pocahontas marriage to John Rolfe
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Powhatan tribe
gptkbp:language gptkb:Eastern_Algonquian
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Virginia
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Wahunsenacawh
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Pocahontas
gptkbp:period 17th century
gptkbp:populationEstimate 15,000 (at time of English contact)
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Algonquian_peoples
gptkbp:religion Animism
gptkbp:stateRecognized gptkb:Chickahominy_tribe
gptkb:Eastern_Chickahominy_tribe
gptkb:Monacan_tribe
gptkb:Nansemond_tribe
gptkb:Rappahannock_tribe
gptkb:Upper_Mattaponi_tribe
gptkbp:status descendant tribes remain in Virginia
gptkbp:subsistence gptkb:hunting
gptkb:gathering
agriculture
fishing
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Chief_Powhatan
gptkb:Powhatan_culture
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7