Nacotchtank people

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The Nacotchtank people were an Algonquian-speaking Indigenous group who lived along what is now the Washington, D.C. area, playing a key role in regional trade and early contact with European colonists.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-speaking people
Indigenous people
affectedBy European colonization
epidemic diseases
land dispossession
archaeologicalEvidence shell middens and artifacts in Washington, D.C. area
village sites along the Anacostia River
contactWith English colonists
Spanish explorers
other Algonquian-speaking peoples
continent North America
cultureArea Eastern Woodlands
descendantCommunities Piscataway-related groups in Maryland
economy mixed agriculture, hunting, fishing, and trade
encounteredBy Captain John Smith’s 1608 Chesapeake explorations
engagedIn fishing
fur trade
hunting
maize agriculture
riverine trade
ethnicGroupOf North America
historicalStatus largely displaced as a distinct group by the 18th century
indigenousTo Chesapeake Bay region
Potomac River
surface form: Potomac River valley

area of present-day Washington, D.C.
knownFor early contact with European colonists
regional trade
languageFamily Algonquian languages
mainRiver Anacostia River
Potomac River
nameVariant Anacostan
Anacostine
Nacostine
Nacotchtanke
partOf Powhatan-influenced Algonquian world
politicalOrganization village-based leadership
regionNow Maryland
Virginia
Washington, D.C.
relatedEthnicallyTo Piscataway peoples
surface form: Piscataway people

Powhatan peoples
other Chesapeake Algonquian groups
timePeriod early colonial period in North America
pre-Columbian era
toponymicLegacy Anacostia River
Anacostia neighborhood
surface form: Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
usedWaterway Anacostia River
Potomac River

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Anacostia River historicallyInhabitedBy Nacotchtank people
Anacostia River namedAfter Nacotchtank people