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The Powhatan people are featured in MGM's live-action film Captain John Smith and Pocahontas (1953) and the Disney animated musical film Pocahontas (1995). They also appeared in the straight-to-video sequel Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (1998). Some of the current members of Powhatan-descended tribes complained about the Disney film.
Powhatan (c. 1547 – c. 1618), whose proper name was Wahunsenacawh (alternately spelled Wahunsenacah, Wahunsunacock, or Wahunsonacock), was the leader of the Powhatan, an alliance of Algonquian-speaking Native Americans living in Tsenacommacah, in the Tidewater region of Virginia at the time when English settlers landed at Jamestown in 1607.
Pages in category "Powhatan-Renape Nation people" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. F. Phoebe Farris
John Smith's map of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. The map, c. 1612, details the location of numerous villages within Tsenacommacah. Tsenacommacah (pronounced / ˌ s ɛ n ə ˈ k ɒ m ə k ə / SEN-ə-KOM-ə-kə in English; also written Tscenocomoco, Tsenacomoco, Tenakomakah, Attanoughkomouck, and Attan-Akamik) [1] is the name given by the Powhatan people to their native homeland, [2 ...
Pocahontas (US: / ˌ p oʊ k ə ˈ h ɒ n t ə s /, UK: / ˌ p ɒ k-/; born Amonute, [1] also known as Matoaka and Rebecca Rolfe; c. 1596 – March 1617) was a Native American woman belonging to the Powhatan people, notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia.
Could be purported member of the Pitt family, or a Robert Fitt who was active in 1625 [42] Thomas Powell: Cook Sea Venture: George Somers' cook. Married Elizabeth Persons in Bermuda John Graye Proctor: Gentleman, Yeoman [74] Sea Venture: John Ratcliffe: Councillor: Diamond: Original settler. Died c. 1609-1610 (tortured by natives) after ...
This category page includes notable citizens of the United States who have Powhatan ancestry or have publicly stated that they have Powhatan or Pamunkey descent but are not historical members of the Powhatan Confederacy or modern individuals who are not citizens of the Pamunkey Indian Tribe. For Chickahominy people, see Category:Chickahominy.
Pages in category "People of the Powhatan Confederacy" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.