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Mountainous Landscape by the Sea

Land of the Kikotan

Discover the History of the Kikotan

The Kecoughtan, also known as the Kikotan, were an Algonquian-speaking Native American tribe that inhabited the coastal region of present-day Virginia before the arrival of European settlers. They were one of the several indigenous groups encountered by English colonists upon their arrival in the early 17th century.

Powhatan Chief

Pochin Powhatan 

Pochin Powhatan was born in 1580 in what is now called "Virginia. Pochin was the son of Chief  Mamanatowick (b. 1547-1618).

Pochin Powhatan married Kicotan in January 1597 in what is called "Virginia:

Preserving the Kicotan Heritage

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