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• Before and After Jamestown

  Virginia's Powhatans and Their Predecessors

  Rountree, Helen C., 1944-

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  The Powhatans were Pocahontas' people, and her father's empire stretched across Virginia's coastal plain. This is a scholarly work that relies on archaeological evidence and other historic documentation, but it is accessible to the public,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Empires in the Forest

  Jamestown and the Beginning of America

  Chenoweth, Avery

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  Beautiful photographs and evocative prose make it easier for modern readers to imagine the Powhatans' world and Jamestown as they were.

• Lethal Encounters

  Englishmen and Indians in Colonial Virginia

  Cave, Alfred A.

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  What happened between the English settlers and the American Indians after Pocahontas married John Rolfe? Professor Cave looks at how relations between two very different peoples devolved into war.

• Love and Hate in Jamestown

  John Smith, Pocahontas, and the Start of a New Nation

  Price, David A. (David Andrew), 1961-

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  A riveting tale of the culture clash between the Powhatan people and the British, as well as the personalities that explored, negotiated, or fought their way into what we now know as Virginia history.

• Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma

  An American Portrait

  Townsend, Camilla, 1965-

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  The author makes a case that the Powhatans were as subtle and sophisticated in their way as the English colonists--and as people today. The spotlight is on Pocahontas.

• Pocahontas

  Medicine Woman, Spy, Entrepreneur, Diplomat

  Allen, Paula Gunn

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  Dr. Paula Gunn Allen writes an intriguing account of Pocahontas' life that gives more depth and authentic detail to a young woman who became an early American legend.

• Pocahontas, Powhatan, Opechancanough

  Three Indian Lives Changed by Jamestown

  Rountree, Helen C., 1944-

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  Almost everyone's heard of Pocahontas. Many have heard of her father Powhatan. But few recognize the name of her uncle, Opechancanough, who outlived his brother and had no intention of pursuing a peace with the Virginia colonists.

• Pocahontas's People

  the Powhatan Indians of Virginia Through Four Centuries

  Rountree, Helen C., 1944-

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  A scholarly look at the Powhatan, from precontact years and the difficulties they endured through much of the 20th century.

• The Powhatan Indians of Virginia

  Their Traditional Culture

  Rountree, Helen C., 1944-

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  An anthropological treatment of the Powhatans at the time of European contact that includes details of warfare, agriculture, dress, education, religion, medicine, and more.

• Powhatan Lords of Life and Death

  Command and Consent in Seventeenth-century Virginia

  Williamson, Margaret Holmes

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  This scholarly book looks at key cultural factors such as the nature of Powhatan leadership, the relation between their politicians and their priests, and their cosmological beliefs.

• Powhatan's Mantle

  Indians in the Colonial Southeast

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  A series of essays that approach the Powhatans' history through ethnohistory, demography, archaeology, anthropology, and cartography.

• Powhatan's World and Colonial Virginia

  a Conflict of Cultures

  Gleach, Frederic W. (Frederic Wright), 1960-

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  Professor Gleason presents both sides of the conflict objectively and is able to shed light on the Pocahontas-saving-John-Smith incident by using his knowledge of Algonquian customs. Part of the Studies in the Anthropology of North…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Powhatan Indian World

  View on nps.gov

  An online resource from the National Park Service that sketches some of the Powhatan people's history.

• The Rise and Fall of the Powhatan Empire

  Indians in Seventeenth-century Virginia

  Axtell, James

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  Gives equal time to the Powhatans as well as the colonists. Part of the Foundations of America series.

• The True Story of Pocahontas

  the Other Side of History ; From the Sacred History of the Mataponi Reservation People

  Custalow, Linwood

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  Dr. Lin "Little Bear" shares in written form the oral history of Pocahontas' life as it was passed down from his father, the late Mattaponi Chief Webster "Little Eagle" Custalow, as well as his other relatives. The Mattaponi were one of…Read moreRead more of this annotation