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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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