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Article on Patawomeck Indians

I found the article to be very interesting. About 2 years ago I went to Indian Point with a school group. We got a tour of the area by a descendent of the Patawomeck tribe. She told us about their heritage and about their relationship to Jamestown much like the article did. We hiked on a trail of clam shells through the woods. At one of the places we stopped, she and other descendents showed us different artifacts that they had collected from the land. They also demonstrated and explained some of their rituals and what their ancestors believed in. It was very interesting. Our guide also showed us were they believed Pocahontas was taken. Until that trip I had no idea that there was an Indian tribe in Stafford county that was so important to our history. If you ever have time, you should go to Indian head. I learned a lot.