Nacotchtank
Sign in to saveThe Nacotchtank, also Anacostine, were an Algonquian Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands.
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It sits within the topics Eastern Algonquian peoples, Extinct Native American tribes and History of Washington, D.C..
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- 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
- References
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nacotchtank” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.