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)