Kiskiack
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Total population | |
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40–50 warriors (150–200 people) Assimilated into local population of York County and merged with local Pamunkey & Chickahominy tribes | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Virginia Peninsula | |
Languages | |
Powhatan language | |
Religion | |
Native (indigenous) | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Pamunkey, Chickahominy, Mattaponi,Kicotan Rappahannock, and other Powhatan Algonquian peoples |
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Kiskiack (or Chisiack or Chiskiack) is a Native American tribal group of the Powhatan Confederacy in what is present-day York County, Virginia. The name means "Wide Land" or "Broad Place" in the native language, one of the Virginia Algonquian languages. It was also the name of their village on the Virginia Peninsula.
Later English colonists adopted the name for their own village in that area. The site was later developed for the US Naval Weapons Station Yorktown in York County.[1] The settlement was 11 miles (18 km) from Werowocomoco, capital of the Powhatan Confederacy.