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Tsenacommacah (pronounced / ˌ s ɛ n ə ˈ k ɒ m ə k ə / in English; also written Tscenocomoco, Tsenacomoco, Tenakomakah, Attanoughkomouck, and Attan-Akamik) is the name given by the Powhatan people to their native homeland, the area encompassing all of Tidewater Virginia and parts of the Eastern Shore.
- Werowocomoco, Powhatan, (late 1500s–1609), Orapakes, (1609–1614), Matchut, (1614–?)
- Confederation
Tsenacommacah was the paramount chieftancy of the Algonquian tribes in Chesapeake Virginia, led by Wahunsenacah, also known as Powhatan. He formed a league of 31 tribes to resist the English invaders and trade with them. Learn about his life, his warriors, his capital, and his myth of Pocahontas.
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- Professor Emeritus, Virginia Tech
- Director, Www.Virtualjamestown.Org
- December 25, 1938
Tsenacommacah is the name given to much of the land that is now called Virginia by the indigenous peoples that have lived here for over 20,000 years. The People The indigenous people of Tsenacommacah speak dialects of eastern Algonquian and share many similar cultural and spiritual customs.
…his territory was known as Tsenacommacah. Each tribe within the Powhatan empire had its own chief, or weroance , and Powhatan ruled as the chief of these chiefs. Read More
17. Nov. 2021 · November 17, 2021 1:42 PM EST. D uring the late sixteenth century, a great American Indian chiefdom arose along the mid-Atlantic coast of North America. Named Tsenacommacah (densely inhabited...
Indigenous peoples have inhabited Tsenacommacah for over 20,000 years. The oldest site that has been excavated is Cactus Hill, situated along the Nottoway river. This site caused scientists to revise their theories about how long Indigenous people have lived here, though Indigenous cosmologies reveal that humans have been here since being ...
Tsenacommacah (pronounced /ˌsɛnəˈkɒməkə/ in English; "densely inhabited land"; also written Tscenocomoco, Tsenacomoco, Tenakomakah, Attanoughkomouck, and Attan-Akamik) was the land of the Powhatan People. It is in parts of Virginia. In the Powhatan language, it means "densely inhabited land."
