Powhatan (ca. 1550-1618) was chief of a confederation of Algonquian Indians in Virginia at the time of the British colonization of Jamestown. Powhatan was the son of a chief reportedly driven from Florida by the Spaniards. Settling in Virginia, the...

c. 1548 Powhatan (present-day Richmond, Virginia) 1618 Powhatan Powhatan-Renapé leader Portrait: Powhatan. " . . . Why should...

The Powhatan (also spelled Powatan and Powhaten), or Powhatan Renape[1] (literally, the "Powhatan Human Beings"), is the name of a Native American tribe. It is also the name of a powerful confederacy of tribes that they dominated. Also known as Virginia...

Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma. By Camilla Townsend. American Portraits. (New York: Hill and Wang, 2004. Pp. xii, 223. Paper, $14.00, ISBN 0-8090-7738-8; cloth, $25.00, ISBN 0-8090-9530-0.) To the colonists at Jamestown and to generations of American historians, Pocahontas has been perhaps the...

Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma. By Camilla Townsend. American Portraits. (New York: Hill and Wang, 2004. Pp. xii, 223. Paper, $14.00, ISBN 0-8090-7738-8; cloth, $25.00, ISBN 0-8090-9530-0.) To the colonists at Jamestown and to generations of American historians, Pocahontas has been perhaps...

The living-history museum that opened in 1957 for the 350th anniversary of America's first permanent English settlement has new galleries and a newly expanded focus that has opened in time for the 400th anniversary. A new 30,000-square-foot exhibit...

Ospreys and turkey vultures soar above cypress trees as kayaks glide on the water, passing by herons scouting for fish and fiddler crabs scurrying along a narrow strip of shoreline. Bill Portlock, senior...