Tsenacommacah

Powhatan Confederacy
*Tsenacommacah* (Powhatan)
Powhatan Confederacy Tsenacommacah (Powhatan)
Late 16th c.–1677
	The Powhatan Confederacy ca. 1607
Capital	Werowocomoco, Powhatan ; (late 1500s–1609) Orapakes ; (1609–1614) Matchut ; (1614–?)
Common languages	Powhatan
Religion	Native American religion
Government	Confederation
Mamanatowick
• late 16th c.–1618	Wahunsenacawh
• 1618–1619	Opichapum
• 1619–1646	Opchanacanough
• 1646–1655	Necotowance
• 1646–1657	Totopotomoi
Historical era	Early modern period
• Wahunsenacawh creates the Powhatan Confederacy	Late 16th c.
• First Anglo-Powhatan War	1610-1614
• Second Anglo-Powhatan War	1622-1626
• Third Anglo-Powhatan War	1644-1646
• Bacon's Rebellion	1676
• Treaty of 1677	1677
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Powhatan
	Arrohattoc
	Appomattoc
	Pamunkey
	Mattaponi
	Kiskiack
Colony of Virginia

Tsenacommacah (pronounced /ˌsɛnəˈkɒməkə/ 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.”

^ 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
^ 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)
^ "The Chesapeake Bay Region and Its People in 1607" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-06-01.
^ Rountree, Helen C. and E. Randolph Turner III. Before and After Jamestown: Virginia's Powhatans and Their Predecessors. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2002.

[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.

[autogenerate3-4] 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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