Language Legacy! (Language Groups & Locations)
This language group was spoken primarily in the Tidewater region of Virginia.
What is Algonquian?
Virginia's Indians are often referred to as this because of the abundant forests.
What are Eastern Woodland Indians?
Archaeologists study this type of evidence left from people of the past.
What is material evidence?
American Indians continue to live in this area of Virginia.
What is all parts of the state?
Virginia Indians maintain their cultural heritage through activities like drumming, singing, and this.
What is dance?
This language group was spoken primarily in the Piedmont region of Virginia.
What is Siouan?
This animal's skin was commonly used for clothing by Virginia Indians.
What is deerskin?
This large Indian town on the York River was Powhatan's headquarters in 1607.
What is Werowocomoco?
Many modern Virginia Indians practice ancient traditions and crafts while incorporating these.
What are new customs?
Artifacts such as these tell us a lot about the people who lived in Virginia.
What are arrowheads, pottery, and tools?
This language group was spoken in Southwestern Virginia and near what is today North Carolina.
What is Iroquoian?
These three crops were commonly grown by Virginia Indians in the summer.
What are beans, corn, and squash?
This became the first permanent English settlement in North America.
What is Jamestown?
The current state-recognized American Indian tribes are located in these areas throughout Virginia.
What are regions throughout Virginia?
American Indians have always been closely connected to this.
What is the land?
The Powhatan were part of this language group.
What is Algonquian?
In the winter, Virginia Indians relied heavily on stored foods and this activity.
What is hunting?
Recovered artifacts from Jamestown give clues about the interactions between these three groups.
What are Indians, English, and Africans?
American Indian tribes hold these public festivals to teach about their culture.
What are powwows?
This is a way that Virginia Indians teach about their culture, past and present.
What is storytelling?
The Monacan were part of this language group.
What is Siouan?
Native peoples of the past made their homes using these kinds of resources.
What are natural resources?
The findings at Werowocomoco and Jamestown help us better understand this.
What is the past?
Modern Virginia Indians contribute to American society as these.
What are active citizens?
Virginia Indians continue to make these items.
What are art, jewelry, clothing, and crafts?