POWHATAN & THE PEOPLE OF THE TIDEWATER + MARSH LIGHTS | Prehistoric Technologist | Daniel Firehawk Abbott

Daniel "Firehawk" Abbott of the Eastern Shore's Nanticoke tribe is a prehistoric technologist & the Native American interpreter for Historic Jamestowne. In this extensive & endlessly engaging episode, Daniel paints a picture of what Chesapeake Bay life would have been like, pre-&-early European contact . We hear of: virgin forests; Nanticoke merchants & trade items; agriculture & the migration of crops;  building a traditional longhouse; a muskrat origin story; & the inner workings of the Powhatan chiefdom from taxes to raiding. When story time rolls around, Daniel recounts an incredibly mysterious duck hunt in which his father, uncle & grandfather interacted with sentient marsh lights. Now in the realm of the numinous, Daniel shares his personal experiences including a waking vision & how he got the name, Firehawk. To end this epic episode we learn a few words in Algonquin; how to say: "Welcome," "Outsiders," & "May you farewell." 

Visit Historic Jamestowne to participate in one of Daniel's interpretive presentations on Saturdays and Sundays and to learn more about the Nanticoke, check out the tribe's website.


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