Powhatans Msquared 2

    Powhatan Food

    The Powhatan mostly ate what was around them. They would eat
fish, nuts, berries, grapes, corn, pumpkins, squash, sunflowers, beans,
deer, bear, raccoon, rabbit, and squirrel. Sunflowers were grown in the
summer and the seeds were dried for the winter. Pumpkins were grown in
the fall. Beans was also grown.
    Women were in charge of the farming. Their farms were planted a certain way. Outer row of crops is for wild animals. Next row was shared with people that don’t have enough food inner row to feed own family. Women and older children were also in charge of gathering edible plants and wild berries. The men were in charge of the hunting. The men would hunt deer, bear, raccoon, rabbit, and squirrel. When men went hunting they would put on special body paint and go into the woods for many days at a time. They would transport what they had gotten back in wooden dugout canoes.
    Corn was a big deal every year in the fall there was a corn harvest festival. During the festival they would dance and forgive people they were
mad at. Corn was considered a sacred food. They would thank their gods
for giving it to them.