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Among the aspects of Powhatan life that Helen Rountree describes in vivid detail are hunting and agriculture, territorial claims, warfare and treatment of prisoners, physical appearance and dress, construction of houses and towns, education of youths, initiation rites, family and social structure and customs, the nature of rulers, medicine, religion, and even village games, music, and dance.Rountrees is the first book-length treatment of this fascinating culture, which included one of the most complex political organizations in native North American and which figured prominently in early American history.

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title The Powhatan Indians of Virginia Their Traditional Culture - photo 1
title:The Powhatan Indians of Virginia : Their Traditional Culture Civilization of the American Indian Series ; [V. 193]
author:Rountree, Helen C.
publisher:University of Oklahoma Press
isbn10 | asin:0806124555
print isbn13:9780806124551
ebook isbn13:9780585113166
language:English
subjectPowhatan Indians.
publication date:1992
lcc:E99.P85R68 1992eb
ddc:306/.08997
subject:Powhatan Indians.
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The Powhatan Indians of Virginia
The Civilization of the American Indian Series
Page ii
The Powhatans in 1607 Base map after Bathymetry of the Chesapeake Bay - photo 2
The Powhatans in 1607. Base map after Bathymetry of the
Chesapeake Bay (Virginia Institute of Marine Science, 1977).
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The Powhatan Indians of Virginia
Their Traditional Culture
By Helen C. Rountree
University of Oklahoma Press : Norman
Page iv
To My Teacher, Mentor, and Friend
NANCY OESTREICH LURIE
This publication has been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, a federal agency which supports the study of such fields as history, philosophy, literature, and languages.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Rountree, Helen C., 1944
The Powhatan Indians of Virginia
(The Civilization of the American Indian series;
v. 193)
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
1. Powhatan Indians. I. Title. II. Series.
E99.P85R68 1988 306.08997 88-27905
ISBN: 0-8061-2156-4 (cloth)
ISBN: 0-8061-2455-5 (paper)
The Powhatan Indians of Virginia is Volume 193 in The Civilization of the American Indian Series.
The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources, Inc.Picture 3
Copyright 1989 by the University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Publishing Division of the University. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the U.S.A.
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Contents
Preface
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Prologue English Observers and the Indian Groups They Saw
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Chapter 1
The Land and Its Resources
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2
Subsistence
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3
Towns and Their Inhabitants
58
4
Manliness
79
5
Sex Roles and Family Life
88
6
Social Distinctions
100
7
Law, Politics, and War
114
8
Medicine and Religion
126
Epilogue
The Powhatans as a Chiefdom of Coastal Algonquians
140
Notes
153
Bibliography
194
Index
207

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Illustrations
The Powhatans in 1607 (map)
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Fig. 1
The John Smith map of 1608
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A tidal "creek": Harris Creek, in Hampton, Virginia
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A meandering river: the Mattaponi, near Walkerton, Virginia
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A straight river cut through high banks: the York, near Yorktown, Virginia
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Salinity of Chesapeake Bay and altitude of surrounding lands
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Detail of the John Smith map
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Bone and turtle-shell implements
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De Bry's engraving of Indian fishing
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Overhead view of modern tidewater Virginia fish weir
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Eiakintomino in Saint James's Park
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Stone cutting implements
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De Bry's engraving of the town of Secota
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Decorated potsherds
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