Mattaponi

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The Mattaponi addition to the Pamunkey the only Indian tribe in Virginia that has its own reservation land, which is on the borders of the Mattaponi River , near West Point, Virginia . moves. Of the 450 tribesmen, only about 60 live in the reservation.

The Mattaponi were part of the Powhatan Confederation in the late 16th century. They too speak Algonquin. You live in King William County .

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Individual evidence

  1. "A Guide to Writing about Virginia Indians and Virginia Indian History" ( Memento of the original from February 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Virginia Council on Indians, Commonwealth of Virginia, updated Aug 2009, accessed 16 Sep 2009 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / indians.vipnet.org
  2. Wood, Karenne, ed., The Virginia Indian Heritage Trail, Charlottesville, VA: Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, 2007 ( Memento of the original from July 4, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 5.49 MB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / virginiaindians.pwnet.org
  3. Egloff, Keith and Deborah Woodward. First People: The Early Indians of Virginia. Charlottesville: The University Press of Virginia, 1992.
  4. ^ Rountree, Helen C. Pocahontas, Powhatan, Opechancanough: Three Indian Lives Changed by Jamestown. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2005.

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