powhatons

The Powhatan

Map of where the curre Powhatans live

Spiritual leaders

Stories Told

• The Powhatans believed in many different spiritual leaders.
• Spiritual leaders helped make hard decisions and with education.
• They held high and powerful positions.
• Spiritual leaders were actual people and not spirits or gods.
• Those who had important roles like being a priest could become a spiritual leader.

• It was told told that a god named Ahone created the moon and the stars.
• It was also told that a god named Okee made heaven and Earth.
• Men wore their hair to resemble Okee's.
• Sacrafices were offered to Okee to earn his favor.

art work/arts

lifestyle

clothing

• The kind of artwork the Powhatans did was beadwork and basketery
• They also made wampums which was used as currency
• The music the powhatans played was a mixture of drum beats
• The role music played in society was it was used for meditational and religious activities
• The dances they performed were used to help them connect to the spirit world with the help of the shaman
• Their dances lasted three days each and ended in feast

• Powhatan people live in the eastern Virginia
• they famously interact with the english inJamestown
• The Powhatans were farming people. Powhatan women planted and harvested corn, squash and beans. Powhatan men hunted for deer, turkeys, and small game and went fishing on the shores. Powhatan foods included soup, cornbread, and stews.
• the Powhatan language also known as Virginia AlgonquianPowhatan
• the Powhatans made dugout canoes by hollowing out large trees.
• over land they used dogs aspack animals
• The Powhatans didn't live in tepees. They lived in small round houses called wigwams, or in larger Iroquois-style longhouses.

• women wore knee-length fringed skirts. Powhatan men dressed in breechcloths, with leggings in cooler weather.
• Powhatan people did wear mantles and cloaks made of turkey feathers in the winter.
• Powhatan men and women both wore earrings and deerskin moccasins.
• they worebeaded headbands with a feather or two in the back.
• The Powhatans painted their faces and bodies with different colors and designs for different occasions, and often wore tattooes.
• Powhatan men and women both wore their hair long, but Powhatan men often cut theirs shorter on the right side than on the left.

THE Powhatan INTERACT WITH THE ENGLISH

Beliefs and Traditions

Other Ideas

Government

• the Powhatan famously interact with the English settlers of Jamestown
• the chief Powhatan seemed interested in trading with the English
• when his daughter Pocahontas feel in love with an English by the name of John Rolfe Powhatan allowed them to be married
• an extended period of peace followed the marriage between Pocahontas and Rolfe.

• Men must be married to attend council meetings.
• Once married, shell beads would be sprinkled on the heads of the bride and groom.
• A feast would be held to celebrate the marriage.
• Boys must go through a coming of age ceremony.
• If they succeeded in fasting long enough they would be taken from their families to be trained.

~ The Powhatan tribe was Pocahontas' tribe.

~ They had their own language but now they speak English.

~ Make many things by hand. including weapons and silver wear.

~ Powhatan means waterfall.

~ Powhatans are divided into tribes. ~ Each tribe has a chief who is the head of government. ~They created their own form of government. ~ Women had many roles including cooking,gathering fire wood,making cloths and silverware.

Artwork/The Arts