The Accohannock Indian Tribe, one of the oldest indigenous Tribes of Algonquians of the old Powhatan Empire, is committed to presenting authentic history and culture of our ancestors, who welcomed the English to the shores of old Accomack. The most famous of the Powhatans are Pocahontas and her father, Wahunsonacawh, called Chief Powhatan by the English who settled the first European colony of Virginia at Jamestown.

Accohannock and Powhatan history and culture are showcased the third week of October "20th & 21st" 2001, when we open the season at Bending Water Park Annual Native American Indian Heritage Festival and Powwow in Marion, Maryland. Pauwau is an Algonquian word for a spiritual gathering of the Nation's Family of Tribes.

Our annual festival is a family reunion of:

The surviving historical Powhatan Tribes of Maryland, Virginia and Delaware: Pocomoke, Accohannock of Maryland, Pamunkey, Mattaponi, Rappahannock, Nansemond, and Chickahominy of Virginia.

Other Algonquian Tribes ususally in attendance include: Wampanoag, Lenape, Ojibwa, Chippewa, Shawnee, and Micmac

Iriquois: Cherokee, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga Seneca, Tuscarora

Muskogean: Seminole

Sioux: Lakota, Occaneechi, Halowa Saponi

Hokan: Quechan

Aztec

In 1995, the Accohannock Indian Tribe participated in and represented the Tribe, City, County and State at activities in Delaware, Maryland & Virginia to an audience of roughly 55,000 people. The Tribe was invited to tour Russia and Poland but was unable to do so.