Neusiok (Neuse) Native American people

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The Neusiok (Neuse) were an Indigenous people of what is now eastern North Carolina, historically living along the lower Neuse River and neighboring coastal areas.

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Neusiok (Neuse) Native American people canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-speaking people ⓘ
Indigenous people of North America ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
associatedRiver Neuse River ⓘ
contactWith English explorers ⓘ
Spanish explorers ⓘ
other Algonquian-speaking groups ⓘ
country present-day United States ⓘ
culturalRegion Eastern Woodlands ⓘ
Southeastern Woodlands ⓘ
documentedBy English colonists at Roanoke ⓘ
documentedInSource accounts of the Roanoke Colony ⓘ
economyType mixed horticulture and foraging ⓘ
ethnonymLanguage Algonquian ⓘ
linked to: Algonquian peoples
hasNameVariant Neuse ⓘ
Neuse Indians ⓘ
linked to: Occaneechi people

Neusioc ⓘ
historicalPeriod 16th century ⓘ
17th century ⓘ
pre-contact era ⓘ
inhabitedRegion North Carolina coastal plain ⓘ
Pamlico Sound region ⓘ
linked to: Pamlico Sound

eastern North Carolina ⓘ
lower Neuse River ⓘ
linked to: Neuse River
languageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ
mainCrops beans ⓘ
maize ⓘ
squash ⓘ
nameEtymology Neuse River name derived from Neusiok people ⓘ
neighboringPeople Coree ⓘ
Pamlico ⓘ
linked to: Pamlico Sound

Secotan ⓘ
Tuscarora ⓘ
Weapemeoc ⓘ
politicalOrganization village-based leadership ⓘ
regionNow Carteret County, North Carolina area ⓘ
Craven County, North Carolina area ⓘ
relatedGroup Carolina Algonquian peoples ⓘ
linked to: Powhatan peoples
status historical tribe ⓘ
traditionalHousing village settlements ⓘ
wood and bark dwellings ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering wild foods ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
usedEnvironment coastal estuaries ⓘ
marshlands ⓘ
riverine resources ⓘ

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Neuse River → namedAfter → Neusiok (Neuse) Native American people ⓘ