Tsenacomoco (Powhatan Paramount Chiefdom)
Encyclopedia Virginia tells the story of Tsenacomoco, the political alliance of Virginia Indians who originally occupied the territory that the English settled and named Jamestown.
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Exploring: Virginia Indians
Institutional Racism: Race and Virginia Law
Virginia Indian Program
A panel of experts explores issues including the eugenics movement and the effects of eugenics on racial groups, racial definitions and policies and the role of lawyers in our society. The panel will be moderated by Karenne Wood, Director Virginia Indian Heritage Program, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. Panel members include, Peter Hardin, former Washington [...]
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Encyclopedia Virginia
This queen of the Pamunkey reigned for nearly three decades. A skilled politician, she developed a relationship with the General Assembly while also asserting her authority as an Indian leader.
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Encyclopedia Virginia
Early Virginia Indians spoke in dialects of three different language families; by the twentieth century, most if not all Virginia Indian languages had become extinct. Learn more about these languages, and the attempts to record and reconstruct them, in this entry by section editor Helen C. Rountree.
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Funded in part by a grant from VFH, the exhibit RACE: Are We So Different examines the topic of race from scientific, historical and cultural perspectives.
Continue Reading »Cooking in Early Virginia Indian Society
Early Virginia Indians hunted, fished, and collected wild grains and berries, which they prepared in various ways. Meats were roasted, while grains and tubers were pounded into ashcakes and then baked.
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Pocahontas was the daughter of Powhatan, paramount chief of an alliance of Virginia Indians in Tidewater Virginia.
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Early Virginia Indian boys and girls were expected to absorb the community’s values, including stoicism in the face of hardship, and master the skills necessary to survive and thrive.
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Originally aired as five separate features, this series radio reports explores the lives of Virginia Indians today.
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