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Powhatan, alternately called "King" or "Chief" Powhatan by English settlers, led the main political and military power facing the early colonists, and was probably the older brother of Opechancanough, who led attacks against the settlers in 1622 and 1644. He was the father of Matoaka ( Pocahontas ).
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The Powhatan people ( / ˌpaʊhəˈtæn, ˈhætən /; [1]) are...
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Powhatan (scritto anche powatan e powhaten) o powhatan renape [1] (letteralmente, gli "esseri umani powhatan"), è stata una tribù di nativi americani. È stata anche il nome di una potente confederazione di tribù da loro dominate.
Powhatan (died April 1618, Virginia [U.S.]) was a North American Indian leader, father of Pocahontas. He presided over the Powhatan empire at the time the English established the Jamestown Colony (1607). A bronze portrait of Powhatan at the Pamunkey Indian Reservation in Virginia.
2 apr 2014 · Famous Political Figures. Native Americans. Powhatan. Chief Powhatan was the father of Pocahontas and the ruler of the tribes that lived in the area where English colonists founded the...
Opechancanough ( / oʊpəˈtʃænkənoʊ / oh-pə-CHAN-kə-noh; 1554–1646) [2] was paramount chief of the Powhatan Confederacy in present-day Virginia from 1618 until his death. He had been a leader in the confederacy formed by his older brother Powhatan, from whom he inherited the paramountcy.
25 feb 2021 · Wahunsenacah, also known as Chief Powhatan (l. c. 1547 - c. 1618) was the head of the Powhatan Confederacy of Native Americans who inhabited the region of the modern-day State of Virginia, USA, which they knew by the name of Tsenacommacah (densely populated land).
