of a Powhatan Woman
Unlike life today, Powhatan men and women did not use clocks. Their daily tasks depended on the season and environment. The Powhatan used objects that they made from materials in the world around them.
Unlike life today, Powhatan men and women did not use clocks. Their daily tasks depended on the season and environment. The Powhatan used objects that they made from materials in the world around them.
How do we know what we know about Powhatan life?
To learn about the past, historians look at what people wrote and drew, and the objects they left behind. Sadly, we do not have a lot of written records from the 1600s about Powhatan Indian life. All of the writings and drawings about Powhatan life in the 1600s were written by English colonists. These colonists wrote about Powhatan life as outsiders, so they did not always get everything right. Their records give us a good understanding of the basics of Powhatan life. Historians also look to modern-day Virginia Indian women to learn more about Powhatan history that has been passed down through generations.
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