Nanticoke people

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The Nanticoke people are an Indigenous Native American tribe originally from the Chesapeake Bay region, particularly present-day Delaware and Maryland, known for their riverine culture and later migrations northward.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
Native American tribe ⓘ
colonialEraPressure forced migration ⓘ
land dispossession ⓘ
missionization ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
culturalPractice communal hunting ⓘ
harvest celebrations ⓘ
seasonal fishing runs ⓘ
currentPresence Delaware ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
New Jersey ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
encounteredColonialPower English colonists ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf United States ⓘ
historicalPeriod colonial era in North America ⓘ
pre-Columbian era ⓘ
languageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ
laterMigrationsTo New York ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
modernActivities cultural revitalization ⓘ
heritage festivals ⓘ
language preservation ⓘ
nameLanguageOrigin Algonquian languages ⓘ
nameMeaningApproximate tidewater people ⓘ
originalRegion Chesapeake Bay region ⓘ
present-day Delaware ⓘ
present-day Maryland ⓘ
partOfBroaderGrouping Eastern Algonquian peoples ⓘ
linked to: Algonquian peoples
recognizedTribalEntity Nanticoke Indian Association ⓘ
Nanticoke Indian Tribe of Delaware ⓘ
Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Lenape people ⓘ
linked to: Lenape

Piscataway people ⓘ
linked to: Piscataway peoples

Powhatan peoples ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional Indigenous religion ⓘ
selfIdentification Nanticoke ⓘ
traditionalCraft basketry ⓘ
beadwork ⓘ
woodworking ⓘ
traditionalEnvironment riverine culture ⓘ
traditionalHousing wigwams ⓘ
traditionalPoliticalOrganization village-based leadership ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
maize agriculture ⓘ
treatyOrAgreementWith Province of Maryland ⓘ
Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

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

Delaware Colony → hasEthnicGroup → Nanticoke people ⓘ
Nanticoke → hasAlternativeName → Nanticoke Indians ⓘ
linked to: Nanticoke people
Nanticoke River → namedAfter → Nanticoke people ⓘ
Chesapeake Bay region → historicallyInhabitedBy → Nanticoke peoples ⓘ
linked to: Nanticoke people
Choptank River → associatedWith → Choptank Indians ⓘ
linked to: Nanticoke people
Southern Delaware language → associatedEthnicity → Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape ⓘ
linked to: Nanticoke people
Nanticoke language → ethnicGroup → Nanticoke people ⓘ
Nanticoke language → spokenBy → Nanticoke Indian Nation (historically) ⓘ
linked to: Nanticoke people
Nanticoke Indian Association → represents → Nanticoke people ⓘ
Nentego → autonymOf → Nanticoke people ⓘ
Nanticoke → namedFor → Nanticoke people ⓘ
Piscataway peoples → relatedEthnicGroup → Nanticoke people ⓘ
Nanticoke, Maryland → namedAfter → Nanticoke people ⓘ
Frank G. Speck → studied → Nanticoke people ⓘ