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The Nacotchtank, also Anacostine, were an Algonquian Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands.

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  • Name
  • Classification
  • History
  • Precontact to 1608
  • Encounters with English settlers (1608-1650s)
  • The rise of the Maryland tobacco industry & the resulting displacement (1650s-1697)
  • 1697–1700s
  • Geography
  • Culture
  • Language
  • Structure
  • Art & other cultural artifacts
  • See also
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The Nacotchtank, also Anacostine, were an Algonquian Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands.

During the 17th century, the Nacotchtank resided within the present-day borders of Washington, D.C., along the intersection of the Potomac and Anacostia rivers.

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