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The Mattaponi 〔Feest, Christian F. (1978). "Virginia Algonquians." In ''Northeast'', ed. Bruce G. Trigger. Vol. 15 of ''Handbook of North American Indians'', ed. William C. Sturtevant. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, pg. 268〕 tribe is one of only two Virginia Indian〔("A Guide to Writing about Virginia Indians and Virginia Indian History" ), Virginia Council on Indians, Commonwealth of Virginia, updated Aug 2009, accessed 16 Sep 2009〕 tribes in the Commonwealth of Virginia that owns reservation land. The larger Mattaponi Indian Tribe lives in King William County on the reservation, which stretches along the borders of the Mattaponi River, near West Point, Virginia.〔(Wood, Karenne, ed., ''The Virginia Indian Heritage Trail'', Charlottesville, VA: Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, 2007 )〕〔Egloff, Keith and Deborah Woodward. ''First People: The Early Indians of Virginia.'' Charlottesville: The University Press of Virginia, 1992.〕 The Mattaponi were one of six tribes inherited by Chief Powhatan in the late 16th century.〔Rountree, Helen C. ''Pocahontas, Powhatan, Opechancanough: Three Indian Lives Changed by Jamestown.'' Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2005. 〕 The tribe spoke an Algonquian language, like other members of the Powhatan Chiefdom. The paramount chiefdom of the Powhatan numbered more than 30 tribes by the time the English arrived and settled Jamestown in 1607.〔Waugaman, Sandra F. and Danielle-Moretti-Langholtz, Ph.D. ''We're Still Here: Contemporary Virginia Indians Tell Their Stories.'' Richmond, VA: Palari Publishing, 2006 (revised edition)〕 In addition, a Mattaponi band had long been settled outside the reservation at an unincorporated hamlet called Adamstown, located on the upper reaches of the Mattaponi River. This has been identified as Indian land in records dating to the 17th century. In 1921, the Upper Mattaponi Tribe of Adamstown organized as an official group. They are also recognized as a tribe by the Commonwealth of Virginia and own of land in Hanover County.〔〔Kimberlain, Joanne. “We’re Still Here”, ''The Virginian-Pilot'', June 7–9, 2009〕 ==History== According to archaeologists, indigenous peoples of successive cultures have been living in the area now called Virginia for as long as 15,000 years.〔 The historic tribes are believed to have formed in the 14th and 15th centuries. The numerous tribes belonged to three language groups: Algonquian along the coast and in the Tidewater, Siouan in the central area and Piedmont, and Iroquoian generally in the backcountry and to the north. The language groups were the basis of shared cultures and identification. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mattaponi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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