Weapemeoc

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Algonquian-speaking people Indigenous people

The Weapemeoc were an Algonquian-speaking Indigenous people who historically lived along the coastal regions of what is now northeastern North Carolina.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Weapemeoc canonical	2

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Algonquian-speaking people ⓘ Indigenous people ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
cultureArea	Eastern Woodlands ⓘ
economy	fishing ⓘ gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ maize agriculture ⓘ
encountered	English colonists in the late 16th century ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	North America ⓘ
historicalTerritory	Albemarle Sound ⓘ surface form: Albemarle Sound region coastal North Carolina ⓘ
housing	wood and bark structures ⓘ
indigenousTo	coastal regions of present-day North Carolina ⓘ
language	Weapemeoc dialect of Algonquian ⓘ
languageFamily	Algonquian languages ⓘ
partOf	Algonquian peoples ⓘ surface form: Eastern Algonquian peoples Southeastern Indigenous nations ⓘ surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern United States
presentIn	ethnohistorical records of early Carolina ⓘ
region	Atlantic coastal plain ⓘ northeastern North Carolina ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup	Croatan ⓘ Waccamaw ⓘ surface form: Pamlico Powhatan ⓘ Secotan ⓘ
religion	traditional Algonquian spiritual beliefs ⓘ
socialOrganization	village-based communities ⓘ
timePeriod	early colonial period ⓘ pre-contact era ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southeastern Woodlands → includesPeople → Weapemeoc ⓘ

Neusiok (Neuse) Native American people → neighboringPeople → Weapemeoc ⓘ

subject surface form: Neusiok