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Native American Mythology

Native American Mythology. THE POWHATAN Rakel Johnson Ismael Ramirez 3rd Period. Location. The Powhatan were located in Eastern Virginia and Western Maryland, primarily. The population was between 14,000 and 21,000 circa 1607. General Information.

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Native American Mythology

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  1. Native American Mythology THE POWHATAN Rakel Johnson Ismael Ramirez 3rd Period

  2. Location The Powhatan were located in Eastern Virginia and Western Maryland, primarily. The population was between 14,000 and 21,000 circa 1607.

  3. General Information The Powhatan people lived in Tidewater, Virginia, east of the fall line. The spoke an English-Algonquian language. Their houses were called yehakins, and were made by bending small trees and putting woven cloth over top of them. Growing crops were important to the food source, especially maize, but they also hunted in forests in their area. Their supreme chief was Powhatan, but there were other chiefs over time. The chief led organized tribes of related families, which formed villages. Villages were occasionally moved from site to site when villages became unusable. Unusable villages were villages that had a depleted fish supply, or depleted soil quality. Fire was used to clear the land whenever the location changed. The economy relied on both the men and the females. Men were warriors who hunted while women gathered and tended to crops. The Powhatan religion, like a lot of Native American tribes, was based mostly on folklore. The Great Mother Earth was an important element in their oral traditions.

  4. Important Historical Moments - The English settlers in the U.S. made their first permanent settlement among the Powhatan in 1607. (Jamestown) Many died due to diseases that the English carried. - Pocahontas belonged to the Powhatan tribe, and allegedly saved English settler John Rolfe's life when Chief Powhatan was about to execute him. She placed her head upon John's just as Powhatan raised his war club to kill him. - John Radcliffe was captain of the ship Discovery, one of three ships that sailed from England to Virginia to form a colony. He was also a governor of the colony. He was miserably tortured and killed by Powhatan women after conflict broke out between the Powhatan and colonists in 1609. - The settlement of the English caused an abundance of conflict, resulting in three wars that became known as the Anglo-Powhatan wars. The last war ended 1646. These wars established a boundary between English and Indian land. - In 1655, the House of Burgesses passed strict laws requiring the Powhatan to accept chiefs appointed by the governor.

  5. The Powhatan

  6. Powhatan Creation Myth The Great Mother Earth had two sons named Glooskap and Malsum. Glooskap was good, Malsum was evil. Glooskap made the good things of the earth like plants, animals and humans. Malsum created bad things like poisonous plants and snakes. One day, they fought. Malsum found out that Glooskap's weakness was an owl feather, so he made a dart from it, and used it to kill him. However, he didn't realize that Glooskap was immortal. Glooskap then killed his evil brother. Malsum's spirit went deep into the earth where he torments humans and animals still to this day.

  7. Sources "Powhatan Territorial Map." Powhatan Territorial Map. Auld/Powhatan, 2007. Web. 22 Oct. 2012. <http://www.powhatanmuseum.com/Powhatan_Map.html>. "Powhatan." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 22 Oct. 2012. Web. 22 Oct. 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powhatan>. King, David C. "Powhatan Creation Myth." The Powhatan. New York: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, 2008. 32. Print. Stebbins, Sarah J. "Pocahontas: Her Life and Legend." National Parks Service. National Parks Service, Aug. 2010. Web. 22 Oct. 2012. <http://www.nps.gov/jame/historyculture/pocahontas-her-life-and-legend.htm>. "Powhatan Tribes." Powhatan_Tribes. Auld/Powhatan, 2007. Web. 22 Oct. 2012. <http://www.powhatanmuseum.com/Powhatan_Tribes.html>. Price, Peg. Powhatan House. 2005. Photograph. PBase, Jamestown. Pbase. 23 Apr. 2005. Web. <http://www.pbase.com/image/42557939>. "Powhatan Pauwau." Powhatan Pauwau ... Native People Virtual Museum ... Powhatan, Virginia. Curtis & Katrina Blackenship, 2007. Web. 22 Oct. 2012. <http://www.pauwau.com/chiefpowhatan.htm>. Chapman, John G. The Coronation of Powhatan. 1835. Oil on cancas. Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville, South Carolina. File:The Coronation of Powhatan John Gadsby Chapman.jpg. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 21 Oct. 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Coronation_of_Powhatan_John_Gadsby_Chapman.jpeg>. Chapman, John G. The Coronation of Powhatan. 1835. Oil on cancas. Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville, South Carolina. File:The Coronation of Powhatan John Gadsby Chapman.jpg. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 21 Oct. 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Coronation_of_Powhatan_John_Gadsby_Chapman.jpeg>. "Anglo-Powhatan Wars." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 22 Oct. 2012. Web. 22 Oct. 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Powhatan_Wars>.

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