The Powhatan Indians: Algonquian Indian Tribal Group In Virginia

The Powhatan Indians were an Algonquian Indian tribal group in Virginia. They were under the rule of a man sometimes called “Powhatan”. The Powhatans lived in villages that were part of tribes. The Powhatans ate agricultural foods like corn and squash. Women prepared the food while the men went out to hunt.
A decade and a half after the colonists arrived to Jamestown, the Powhatan Indians began to become furious with the treatment that was given to them by the Englishmen. The Powhatans believed in a polytheistic type of religion. The English settlers pushed this idea that the Indians should be Christianized and that the Indians should be more similar to them. The Jamestown colonists underestimated the power of the Indians. In 1622, the Powhatans