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MAP & DIRECTIONS to Jamestown Settlement and the Yorktown Victory Center. Use Route 31 South (Jamestown Road) when traveling to Jamestown Settlement and Historic Jamestowne. A section of the Colonial Parkway is closed until Spring 2010.
Open daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
(6 p.m. June 15 - 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 opening May 15 at Jamestown Settlement, will feature for the first time in a museum setting archaeological artifacts from the site that served as a Virginia Indian political and social center for centuries and was the principal residence of Powhatan, the paramount chief of over 30 Indian tribes in Virginia's coast region at the time English colonists arrived in 1607.
In conjunction with the special exhibition and in partnership with the Virginia Indian community, “Virginia Indian Heritage Day” on June 26 at Jamestown Settlement, features panel discussions addressing the importance of Werowocomoco and the history of the Powhatan Indians. The day also includes presentations of Virginia Indian intertribal dancing and drumming.
Learn more about Pocahontas and the Powhatan Indians of Virginia with these resources.
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