38 pages 1 hour read

Camilla Townsend

Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2004

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Index of Terms

Algonkian

The tribe to which Powhatan and Pocahontas belonged.

Okee

In the tradition of Powhatan’s people, an okee was the patron deity of an individual village.

Manitou/Manito

In the Algonkian religious tradition, manitous or manitos were the ever-present spirit forces who populated the natural world.