Powhatan Confederacy

American  

noun

1. a network of Algonquian-speaking Indian settlements in Virginia that was ruled by Powhatan.

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Example Sentences

Between 1609 and 1646, Virginia colonists fought a series of wars with the Powhatan Confederacy, an alliance of tribes that spoke languages of the Algonquin family.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

The men all died during the settlement’s tenuous early years when colonists struggled to grow enough food to survive and frequently clashed with the Powhatan Confederacy, a Native American tribe that dominated the region.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2015

Scholars estimate that there were 14,000 to 21,000 members of the Powhatan Confederacy — Algonquian-speaking tribes that included the Pamunkey — when the English settlers arrived in 1607.

From Washington Post • Jul. 2, 2015

Scholars estimate that there were 14,000 to 21,000 members of the Powhatan Confederacy — Algonqian-speaking tribes that include the Pamunkey — when the English settlers arrived in 1607.

From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2015

Their survival depended on ongoing diplomatic conversations between Wahunsonacock, the leader of the Powhatan Confederacy, and John Smith, leader of the Jamestown colony.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz