{"id":593135,"date":"2026-06-05T00:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T05:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=593135"},"modified":"2026-06-05T12:03:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T17:03:18","slug":"native-america-calling-the-life-of-chief-powhatan-and-the-fight-to-preserve-his-birthplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/06\/05\/native-america-calling-the-life-of-chief-powhatan-and-the-fight-to-preserve-his-birthplace\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: The life of Chief Powhatan and the fight to preserve his birthplace"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"card mb-2\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4 align-self-center\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native america calling\"\/>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <div class=\"h5-responsive card-title\">Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n           Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n          <!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1859-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\">http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\r\n\t\t\tAlternate Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv1.org\/\">Native Voice One<\/a> |\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\">NAC<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Friday, June 5, 2026<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling.com<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nativeamericacalling\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-instagram fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nativeamericacalling\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">\r\nThe life of Chief Powhatan and the fight to preserve his birthplace\r\n<\/div>\r\nA <a href=\"https:\/\/treehillproject.com\/project-path\">major housing and retail development proposal in Virginia<\/a> threatens to pave over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.selc.org\/press-release\/powhatans-birthplace-is-one-of-virginias-most-endangered-places\/\">birthplace of one of America\u2019s most influential historical tribal leaders<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Powhatan_(Native_American_leader)\">Paramount Chief Powhatan<\/a> is the notable late-1500s leader who united local tribes into what became known as the Powhatan Confederacy to face the first waves of English settlers. He was the being father of Matoaka, also known as <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pocahontas\">Pocahontas<\/a>. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe nonprofit organization <a href=\"https:\/\/preservationvirginia.org\/our-work\/preservation\/most-endangered-historic-places\/\">Preservation Virginia<\/a> placed the site on its 2026 list of most endangered places. Tribal leaders are actively <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whro.org\/2026-05-22\/the-birthplace-of-one-of-virginias-most-powerful-historical-leaders-is-in-danger-of-development\">working to halt the development project<\/a>, saying it would be \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.powhatanbirthplace.org\/?\">an immeasurable loss to tribal communities and the Commonwealth of Virginia<\/a>.\u201d \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nTune into Native America Calling to hear from tribal leaders about Powhatan\u2019s birthplace and his enduring legacy.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/06\/05\/native-america-calling-the-life-of-chief-powhatan-and-the-fight-to-preserve-his-birthplace\/powhatanbirthplacemarker\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-593517\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" data-attachment-id=\"593517\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/06\/05\/native-america-calling-the-life-of-chief-powhatan-and-the-fight-to-preserve-his-birthplace\/powhatanbirthplacemarker\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/05\/PowhatanBirthplaceMarker.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"768,576\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Powhatan Birthplace Marker\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Powhatan Birthplace Marker&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A marker at the birthplace of Chief Wahundsenacawh, also known as Chief Powhatan, near present-day Richmond, Virginia. Photo Courtesy of Kendall Stevens&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/05\/PowhatanBirthplaceMarker.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/05\/PowhatanBirthplaceMarker.jpg\" alt=\"Powhatan Birthplace Marker\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-593517\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> A marker at the birthplace of Chief Wahundsenacawh, also known as Chief Powhatan, near present-day Richmond, Virginia. Photo Courtesy of Kendall Stevens<\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\nKevin Brown (Pamunkey), Chief of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pamunkey.org\/\">Pamunkey Tribe<\/a> in Virginia\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nFrank Adams (Upper Mattaponi), Chief of the <a href=\"https:\/\/umitribe.org\/\">Upper Mattaponi Tribe<\/a> in Virginia\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/05\/Powhatan-Birthplace.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"both\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"on\">Powhatan Birthplace One Pager<\/a><\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">All Episodes on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?si=2a56e59533534bf9\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\">More Options<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<img src=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/05\/PowhatanBirthplaceMarker.jpeg width=0 height=0 class=invisible>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A housing and retail development in Virginia threatens to pave over the birthplace of one of America\u2019s most influential historical tribal leaders.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":593517,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11,1],"tags":[4092,696,7503,243,133,2207,134,43,759,756],"class_list":["post-593135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment","category-national","tag-frank-adams","tag-housing","tag-kevin-brown","tag-media","tag-native-america-calling","tag-pamunkey","tag-radio","tag-sacred-sites","tag-upper-mattaponi","tag-virginia","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-2uiH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/05\/PowhatanBirthplaceMarker.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593135"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":593569,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593135\/revisions\/593569"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/593517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}