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MAP & DIRECTIONS to Jamestown Settlement and the Yorktown Victory Center.
Extended hours begin June 15.
Open daily 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
through August 15.
Closed Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
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Powhatan Indian Village
 Explore the Powhatan way of life in a re-created village featuring reed-covered houses, crops and a ceremonial circle of carved wooden posts. Learn about the world of Pocahontas, daughter of Powhatan, powerful leader of 30-some Algonquian-speaking tribes in coastal Virginia.
The Powhatan Indian village is based on archaeological findings at a site once inhabited by Paspahegh Indians, the Powhatan tribal group closest to Jamestown, and descriptions recorded by English colonists.
Historical interpreters discuss and demonstrate the Powhatan way of life. They grow and prepare food, process animal hides, make tools and pottery, and weave natural fibers into cordage. Try your hand at grinding corn, gardening or playing a game of corncob darts.
"Werowocomoco: Seat of Power," a six-month special exhibition at Jamestown Settlement through November 15, features more than 60 artifacts spanning 10,000 years from one of the most significant sites in Virginia Indian history. Werowocomoco was the principal residence of Powhatan, paramount chief of 30-some Indian tribes in Virginia’s coastal region at the time English colonists arrived in 1607, and was an important Virginia Indian political, spiritual and social center predating the Powhatan chiefdom. Located on the York River in Gloucester County, Werowocomoco is the place where Captain John Smith was taken prisoner by Powhatan in 1607 and first met Powhatan’s daughter Pocahontas.
Learn more about Pocahontas and the Powhatan Indians of Virginia with these resources.
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