History glossary
Powhatan
Indigenous peoples and political communities of Tidewater Virginia encountered by English settlers at Jamestown.
- Category
- Indigenous polity
- Region
- Virginia
- Date range
- Early 1600s
What it means
Powhatan refers here to Indigenous peoples and political communities of Tidewater Virginia connected to the paramount chiefdom led by Wahunsenacawh when English settlers founded Jamestown.
