Pocahontas's People

Overview

In this history, Helen C. Roundtree traces events that shaped the lives of the Powhatan Indians of Virginia, from their first encounter with English colonists, in 1607, to their present-day way of life and relationship to the state of Virginia and the federal government. Roundtree's examination of those four hundred years misses not a beat in the pulse of Powhatan life. Combining meticulous scholarship and sensitivity, the author explores the diversity always found among Powhatan people, and those people's relationships with the English, the government of the fledgling United States, the Union and the Confederacy, the U.S. Census Bureau, white supremacists, the U.S. Selective Service, and the civil rights movement.

Details

Publisher

University of Oklahoma Press

Published

1990

Pages

404

Language

EN

Categories

History / Indigenous Peoples in the Americas, History / United States / General, History / United States / State & Local / General, History / Social History, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / Native American Studies

ISBN-13

9780806128498