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

The Powhatan Confederacy was an alliance of more than thirty Algonquian-speaking tribes.

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