Tsenacommacah

Powhatan Confederacy
Tsenacommacah (Powhatan)
Late 16th c.–1677
The Powhatan Confederacy ca. 1607
The Powhatan Confederacy ca. 1607
CapitalWerowocomoco, Powhatan
(late 1500s–1609)

Orapakes
(1609–1614)

Matchut
(1614–?)
Common languagesPowhatan
Religion
Native American religion
GovernmentConfederation
Mamanatowick 
• late 16th c.–1618
Wahunsenacawh
• 1618–1619
Opichapum
• 1619–1646
Opchanacanough
• 1646–1655
Necotowance
• 1646–1657
Totopotomoi
Historical eraEarly modern period
• Wahunsenacawh creates the Powhatan Confederacy
Late 16th c.
1610-1614
1622-1626
1644-1646
1676
1677
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Powhatan
Arrohattoc
Appomattoc
Pamunkey
Mattaponi
Kiskiack
Colony of Virginia
John Smith's map of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. The map, c. 1612, details the location of numerous villages within Tsenacommacah.

Tsenacommacah (pronounced /ˌsɛnəˈkɒməkə/ SEN-ə-KOM-ə-kə in English; also written Tscenocomoco, Tsenacomoco, Tenakomakah, Attanoughkomouck, and Attan-Akamik)[1] is the name given by the Powhatan people to their native homeland,[2] the area encompassing all of Tidewater Virginia and parts of the Eastern Shore. More precisely, its boundaries spanned 100 miles (160 km) by 100 miles (160 km) from near the south side of the mouth of the James River all the way north to the south end of the Potomac River and from the Eastern Shore west to about the Fall Line of the rivers.[3][4]

The term Tsenacommacah comes from the Powhatan language, and means “densely inhabited land.”

  1. ^ David G. Sweet and Gary B. Nash: Struggle and Survival in Colonial America, University of California Press; New Edition (January 1982) ISBN 978-0-520-04501-9
  2. ^ Waugaman, Sandra F. and Danielle Moretti-Langholtz, Ph.D. We're Still Here: Contemporary Virginia Indians Tell Their Stories. Richmond: Palri Publishing, 2006 (revised edition)
  3. ^ "The Chesapeake Bay Region and Its People in 1607" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-06-01.
  4. ^ Rountree, Helen C. and E. Randolph Turner III. Before and After Jamestown: Virginia's Powhatans and Their Predecessors. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2002.

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