Anacostan
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Anacostan is an alternative name for the Nacotchtank, a Native American people who historically lived along the Anacostia River in what is now Washington, D.C.
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Native American people ⓘ |
| affectedBy |
European colonization
ⓘ
epidemic diseases ⓘ land dispossession ⓘ |
| alternativeNameOf | Nacotchtank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| archaeologicalEvidence |
shell middens and artifacts in the Washington, D.C. area
ⓘ
village sites along the Anacostia River ⓘ |
| associatedRiver | Anacostia River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalRegion |
Chesapeake Bay region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mid-Atlantic Woodlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentedIn | Captain John Smith’s 1608 map of the Chesapeake Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| encounteredBy |
Captain John Smith
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
English colonists in the 17th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf | Anacostia River region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVariantName |
Nacostan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nacostine NERFINISHED ⓘ Nacotchtank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalTerritory |
Anacostia River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
present-day Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Eastern Algonquian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInThePast |
Maryland region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Virginia region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSettlement | village near the confluence of the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers ⓘ |
| modernRecognition |
referenced in historical and archaeological studies of Washington, D.C.
ⓘ
remembered in the toponymy of Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| nameEtymology | Anacostia River name derives from their name NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Algonquian peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalOrganization | village-based chiefdom ⓘ |
| populationTrend | decline in the 17th century ⓘ |
| regionNowWithin |
District of Columbia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Prince George’s County, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | indigenous Algonquian spiritual practices ⓘ |
| subsistence |
fishing
ⓘ
gathering wild plants ⓘ hunting ⓘ maize agriculture ⓘ |
| successorGroup | Piscataway people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early colonial period in North America
ⓘ
pre-Columbian era ⓘ |
| usedFor | ethnonym for historical inhabitants of the Anacostia River area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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