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The Pamunkey Indian Reservation is a Native American reservation of the Pamunkey Indian Tribe in
King William, Virginia King William is a census-designated place (CDP) in and the county seat of King William County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 census was 252. Located in King William is the oldest courthouse in continuous use in the Unite ...
, United States. It lies along the Pamunkey River in
King William County, Virginia King William County is a county located in the U.S. state of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,810. Its county seat is King William. King William County is located in the Middle Peninsula and is included in the Greate ...
on the Middle Peninsula. It contains approximately of land, of which is wetlands with numerous creeks. Thirty-four families reside on the reservation and many Tribal members live in nearby Richmond, Newport News, and other parts of Virginia.


History

It was confirmed to the Pamunkey tribe as early as 1658 by the governor, the council, and the General Assembly of Virginia. The treaty of 1677 between the king of England, acting through the governor of Virginia, and several Native American tribes including the Pamunkey is the most important existing document describing Virginia's relationship to Indian land. The Pamunkey tribe's early ancestors had locations as far north as the Middle Peninsula of Virginia and as far south as South
Hampton Roads Hampton Roads is a body of water in the United States that serves as a wide channel for the James River, James, Nansemond River, Nansemond, and Elizabeth River (Virginia), Elizabeth rivers between Old Point Comfort and Sewell's Point near whe ...
in Virginia. A burial mound, reported to contain the remains of
Chief Powhatan Powhatan (), whose proper name was Wahunsenacawh (alternately spelled Wahunsenacah, Wahunsunacock, or Wahunsonacock), was the leader of the Powhatan, an alliance of Algonquian-speaking Native Americans living in Tsenacommacah, in the Tidewat ...
, father of Matoaka (better known to historians and the public as
Pocahontas Pocahontas (, ; born Amonute, also known as Matoaka and Rebecca Rolfe; 1596 – March 1617) was a Native American woman belonging to the Powhatan people, notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. S ...
), is also on this reservation, next to railroad tracks. His brother Opechancanough relocated his remains here. He is also buried here.


References

*''Virginia's First People: Past and Present'', virginiaindians.pwnet.org


External links

{{authority control Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia American Indian reservations in Virginia Geography of King William County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in King William County, Virginia Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Pamunkey 1658 establishments in the Colony of Virginia