Pamunkey Indians
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N 37° 40.792 W 077° 00.335
18S E 323143 N 4172189
This historical marker is located on Route 30 in King William County. A benchmark is located nearby (PID = GV1457)
Waymark Code: WM7281
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 08/22/2009
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The Pamunkey reservation described on the marker is located near the Pamunkey River. These Native Americans belong to the larger Algonquian family. The most famous Pamunkeys were Chief Powhatan and his daughter Pocahontas.
The inscription on the marker reads as follows:
Eight miles south is the reservation on which the Pamunkey Indians live. The land has never been in non-Indian ownership and the Pamunkey live on it under a treaty made in 1677. In the early seventeenth century the Pamunkey were a chiefdom ruled by Opechancanough, brother and subject of the paramount chief Powhatan, the father of Pocahontas. Though they continually lost land to non-Indian settlers, they remained the most powerful chiefdom in eastern Virginia for as long as the traditional system lasted. Today the Pamunkey are governed by an elected chief, assistant chief, and council.