Powhatan

This article is about the Algonquian people in Virginia. For the individual, see Powhatan (Native American leader). For other uses, see Powhatan (disambiguation).

Powhatan people

Regions with significant populations
extinct as a tribe
Languages
Powhatan
Religion
Powhatan religion, Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Pamlico, Nanticoke, Lenape, Massachusett, and other Algonquian peoples

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Powhatan in a longhouse at Werowocomoco (detail of John Smith map, 1612)

Powhatan people (/ˌpaʊhəˈtæn, paʊˈhætən/ POW-hə-TAN, pow-HAT-ən) were an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands. They were the leading member of the Powhatan Confederacy in Tsenacommacah, whose historic territories are in central Tidewater Virginia along the James River. The Powhatan people spoke the Powhatan language which is a member of the Algonquian language family. The Powhatan tribe was governed by its own Weroance while also being led by the leader of the Confederacy, the Mamantowick. At time of contact the Weroance of the Powhatan was Parahunt.