Pocahontas's People: The Powhatan Indians of Virginia Through Four Centuries (The Civilization of the American Indian Series)
This meticulously documented volume by an ethnohistorian and anthropologist soundly demonstrates that "the 'vanishing Indian' is indeed a myth." The author traces the story of the Native Americans in Powhatan's dominion from their first contact with the English at Jamestown in 1607 through their tribal activities in the late 20th century. Refusing to vanish, Virginia groups retained a definably Indian character despite intense efforts by whites to deny them their heritage. There is increasing interest in surviving Eastern Indian groups; this study, complemented by the author's The Powhatan Indians of Virginia: Their Traditional Culture (Oklahoma, 1989), should serve as a model for those to follow.- Mary B. Davis, Huntington Free Lib., Bronx, New YorkCopyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.