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    Powhatan (c. 1547 – c. 1618), whose proper name was Wahunsenacawh (alternately spelled Wahunsenacah, Wahunsunacock, or Wahunsonacock), was the leader...
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    The Powhatan people (/ˌpaʊhəˈtæn, ˈhætən/;) are Native Americans who belong to member tribes of the Powhatan Confederacy, or Tsenacommacah. They are Algonquian...
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  • This is a list of Native American leaders who participated in the American Indian Wars, which occurred throughout the early 17th century until the early...
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    thereof, such as American Indians from the contiguous United States and Alaska Natives. The United States Census Bureau defines Native American as "all people...
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    Opechancanough (category 17th-century Native American leaders)
    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,...
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  • Indigenous or Native American in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Native Americans or Native American usually refers to Native Americans in the United...
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  • Powhatan is a masculine given name. The best-known bearer of the name is Powhatan (Native American leader) (1545–1618), leader of the Powhatan tribe and...
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    Native American religions are the spiritual practices of the Native Americans in the United States. Ceremonial ways can vary widely and are based on the...
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    United States. Native American identity is a complex and contested issue. The Bureau of Indian Affairs defines Native American as having American Indian or...
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  • Look up Powhatan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Powhatan are a Native American tribe. Powhatan or Powhattan may also refer to: Powhatan, Arkansas...
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  • Wanchese (fl. 1584 – 1587) was the last known ruler of the Roanoke Native American tribe encountered by English colonists of the Roanoke Colony in the...
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  • Thomas Rolfe (category American people of Powhatan descent)
    husband, John Rolfe. His maternal grandfather was Chief Powhatan, the leader of the Powhatan tribe in Virginia. Thomas Rolfe was born in the English colony...
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    the mountains. About 30 Algonquian tribes were allied in the powerful Powhatan paramount chiefdom along the coast. During English colonization and the...
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    Native American communities. Native American leaders campaigned with limited success to educate Native Americans about the dangers of drinking and intoxication...
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    An American Indian reservation is an area of land held and governed by a U.S. federal government-recognized Native American tribal nation, whose government...
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  • are Native American people – defined as Native American due to being affiliated with Native American communities and being culturally Native American –...
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    not an eyewitness, wrote in his History of Virginia that warriors of the Powhatan "came unarmed into our houses with deer, turkeys, fish, fruits, and other...
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    Attanoughkomouck, and Attan-Akamik) is the name given by the Powhatan people to their native homeland, the area encompassing all of Tidewater Virginia and...
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  • introduced to eastern North America separately by colonists arriving in 1633 to Plymouth, Massachusetts, and local Native American communities were soon struck...
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    Native American civil rights are the civil rights of Native Americans in the United States. Native Americans are citizens of their respective Native nations...
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  • This is a list of Native American firsts. Native American people were the first people to live in the area that is now known as the United States. This...
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    United States population from Native American cultures. In other cases, documents from the early periods of Indigenous American contact with European, African...
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    Pocahontas (category People of the Powhatan Confederacy)
    known as Rebecca Rolfe, c. 1596 – March 1617) was a Native American woman belonging to the Powhatan people, notable for her association with the colonial...
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  • Totopotomoi (category Native American leaders)
    1615–1656) was a Native American leader from what is now Virginia. He served as the chief of Pamunkey and as werowance of the Powhatan Paramount Chiefdom...
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  • The Native American name controversy is an ongoing discussion about the changing terminology used by the Indigenous peoples of the Americas to describe...
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  • Nemattanew (category 17th-century Native American leaders)
    spelled Nemattanow; died 1621 or 1622) was a war leader of the Powhatan during the First Anglo-Powhatan War. At the time he served as a close adviser to...
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  • Wanchese may refer to: Wanchese (Native American leader), Powhatan Roanoac chief encountered by colonists of the Roanoke Colony Wanchese, North Carolina...
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    North America, Native American women had a role in society that contrasted with that of the settlers. Many women were leaders in Native American tribes...
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    Native American cultures across the 574 current Federally recognized tribes in the United States, can vary considerably by language, beliefs, customs...
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    United States#Native Americans Conspiracy Theories in American History: An Encyclopedia; Peter Knight; ABC-CLIO, 2003; Pg. 523 American Holocaust: The...
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