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Powhatan

Powhatan. 14,000-21,000 ( population ) Eastern Virginia, Western Maryland ( Region ) Algonquian ( their language ) Native ( indigenous ) – religion. Some important informations. The Powhatan lived east of the fall line in Tidewater Virginia .

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Powhatan

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  1. Powhatan

  2. 14,000-21,000 (population) • Eastern Virginia, Western Maryland (Region) • Algonquian (theirlanguage) • Native (indigenous) – religion Someimportantinformations

  3. The Powhatan lived east of the fall line in Tidewater Virginia. • They built their houses, called yehakins. • Growingcrops (maize) • Fishing, hunting • Villages consisted of a number of related families organized in tribes led by a chief • They periodically moved their villages from site to site. Characteristics

  4. Yehakin

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