Chief Powhatan

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    Powhatan was the leader, or chief, of the Powhatan Confederacy that occupied Virginia in the early seventeenth century.  Investigate these websites to find the answers to each of the questions.

1.  In what year was Powhatan born?  In what year did he die?

Chief Powhatan

Gloucester History: Chief Powhatan

2.  What is Powhatan's real name?

Chief Powhatan

3.  What is a confederacy?

Confederacy

4.  Where did the tribes of the Powhatan Confederacy live?

Powhatan Confederacy

Powhatan Information

5.  How many tribes made up the Powhatan Confederacy?

Virginia Vision:  The Powhatan Confederacy

6.  To what language group did the Powhatan Confederacy belong?

Powhatan Language and the Powhatan Tribe

7.  Write a description of Chief Powhatan based on John Smith's observations.

Chief Powhatan


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