Hi Pennie Cormier, thank you for the question. By giving the pots a pointy bottom, it makes it easy to set them into the ground near a fire and to then pile hot coals around the base for a good controllable source of cooking heat, and good airflow over the coals. A good airflow over the hot coals maintains a good cooking heat. If the pot had a flat bottom and was sat down onto a bed of coals, that airflow would be cut off, hot coals would die, the heat lost, and there would be a need to constantly renew the coals. Check out this video -- kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e7xymq6gmMCmmIk.html -- and from the 6 minute 17 second mark to the 7 minute 32 second mark you can watch how Sammy manages the pots set into the ground.

"Well said...well said"...actually I would have liked to hear Anastasia who is more clued, not so talky.

Here at the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation we have staff from different and diverse backgrounds. Indigenous people are from all over the continent and do not all look the same. Our Indigenous staff pour time, energy, and passion into telling the story of the Powhatan people in Tsenacommacah and it can be hurtful when people assume their heritage based on their appearance. We expect staff and visitors alike to treat one another with respect regarding their culture and histories, so please keep this in mind when commenting. Thank you and enjoy the video!

They ARE probably Algonquian. Tribes in the East that were colonized first tend to have lighter skinned members that can sometimes look White due to years of intermixing with settlers for longer. Alternatively, the Wampanoag have a lot of Black/Afro-Nativr members with textured hair and dark skin due to them historically inviting Black people who escaped slavery to go and live with them. Native people come in all shades