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Secoton, a Powhatan Village
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Powhatan village of Secoton Map showing the distribution of Indigenous peoples of the Northeast Woodlands region in North America, with tribal names such as Algonquin, Ojibwa (Chippewa), Iroquois, Shawnee, and Powhatan labeled across present-day northeastern United States and southeastern Canada. Major lakes and rivers are marked, and a red boundary outlines the general region inhabited by these groups.

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Media added. Nov 19, 2018
Modified title of Web site: United States History - The Powhatan Confederacy. Jul 28, 2016
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - Society - Powhatan Confederacy. Dec 28, 2010
Add new Web site: United States History - The Powhatan Confederacy. Dec 22, 2010
Add new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Powhatan. Dec 22, 2010
Article revised and updated. Mar 29, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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