Powhatan, whose name is variously rendered as Wahunsenacawh, Wahunsenacah, Wahunsunacock, or Wahunsonacock, was the mamanatowick 'leader' of the Powhatan Confederacy, a confederacy of Algonquian-speaking American Indians living in Tsenacommacah, in the Tidewater region of Virginia at the time when English settlers landed at Jamestown in 1607.
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- traditional leader or chief
- Citizenship
- Tsenacommacah
- Born
- 1549, 1550
- Died
- 1618
