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They spoke a different language from the more coastal Powhatans, the tribe that first had contact with the English at the Jamestown settlement, and they avoided European contact for years.

From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2022

A 1622 uprising by local Powhatans and drought-induced shortages of food contributed to the death toll, but most perished from disease.

From Salon • May 3, 2020

Relations with the native residents were mixed, with the Powhatans providing food but also chafing under the demands of colonists, who died by the hundreds in the settlement’s early years.

From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2018

Combining threats with barter, he obtained enough corn from the Powhatans to keep his company alive.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

Despite these brutal acts, the Powhatans continued to resist encroachment.

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