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

Many descendants of the 34-nation Powhatan Confederacy still live in this area.

From Washington Post

There were roughly 50,000 Native Americans in Virginia, including the Powhatan confederacy that inhabited what is now Alexandria, before English settlers arrived.

From Washington Post

During the “Indian massacre of 1622,” 347 colonists, a fourth of the English population at Jamestown, were killed by Powhatan Confederacy warriors.

From Slate

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

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