Thanks again for all the input folks. Here's the list that I'm going to submit to the boss.

1. The Riverine Culture of the Powhatans (This one is so broad, it really lends itself to the 6X5 format.)

2. A Day in the Life of a Powhatan Village (Another one that incorporates a lot of the ideas you've suggested.)

3. Powhatan / English Relations at Henricus (We went from open warfare, to "The Peace of Pocahontas" back to warfare.)

4. Powhatan, Opposonoquanuskie, Pocahontas, and Opecancanough (Four Native people who had an impact on the Citie of Henricus. Another one that may work well in several short segments.)

I'm turning these in tomorrow, I'll let you know how it turns out. Meanwhile, I'll touch on some of the questions raised in this thread.

Richard, We had a couple of tourists from England visit our site. They wanted to visit Pocahontas' grave. You should have seen their faces when we told them they had to go back home!

McGrath, yes, they are still around. Two groups, the Mattoponi and the Pamunkey, have managed to keep some reservation lands. The Mattoponi are under seige by some people who want to build a dam and flood a large chunk of their land so that one of our large coastal cities can have a water reservoir. I can't presume to speak for them, but, All the Virginia tribes have had a book published to address your question. The title is "We're Still Here". I'll post a link to the publisher in a later post. I'm always amazed by the local people who visit our site who honestly didn't know that there were (and are) Indians living in Virginia.

As far as language goes, the Virginia dialect of Algonquin died out in the early 1800's. The closest existing dialect is Lenape. Some words were recorded by early English settlers, moccasin, and tomahouk are a couple.

More later, if you're still interested.
Take care
Timehiker