About Chief Powhatan

Powhatan, whose name is variously rendered as Wahunsenacawh, Wahunsenacah, Wahunsunacock, or Wahunsonacock, was the mamanatowick 'leader' of the Powhatan Confederacy, a confederacy of Algonquian-speaking American Indians living in Tsenacommacah, in the Tidewater region of Virginia at the time when English settlers landed at Jamestown in 1607.

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Chief Powhatan

Paramount chief of Tsenacommacah (1549-1618)

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About Chief Powhatan

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Occupation: politician

Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image by engraved by William Hole via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

Position held

traditional leader or chief

Citizenship

Tsenacommacah

Born

1549, 1550

Died

1618

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