USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Powhatan, confederacy of at least 30 Algonquian-speaking North American Indian tribes that once occupied most of what is now tidewater Virginia, the eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay, and possibly southern Maryland.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Powhatan people (/ˌpaʊhəˈtæn, ˈhætən/; also spelled Powatan) may refer to any of the indigenous Algonquian people that are traditionally from eastern Virginia. All of the Powhatan groups descend from the Powhatan Confederacy.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Powhatan Indian lands encompassed all of the tidewater Virginia area, from the south side of the James River north to the Potomac River, and parts of the Eastern Shore, an area they called Tsenacommacah.

Detailed explanation-4: -Nanticoke. The Nanticoke people-meaning “Tidewater People”-first came into European contact in 1608 with the arrival of captain John Smith. The Algonquin-speaking tribe were located throughout the Delmarva Peninsula.

Detailed explanation-5: -Located in Virginia’s Central Piedmont between the Appomattox and James Rivers, Powhatan is 20 miles west of Richmond, the Commonwealth’s capitol city, and is within an easy 2-hour drive from the Atlantic Ocean, Washington, D.C., Colonial Williamsburg, and the Blue Ridge Mountains.