Anacostine

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Anacostine is an alternate name for the Nacotchtank, an Indigenous people who historically lived along the Anacostia River in what is now Washington, D.C.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Anacostine canonical 1

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Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
alternateNameOf Nacotchtank ⓘ
associatedWithCity Washington, D.C. ⓘ
associatedWithRiver Anacostia River ⓘ
associatedWithWaterway Potomac River watershed ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
culturallyRelatedTo other Algonquian-speaking peoples of the Potomac River region ⓘ
culturalRegion Eastern Woodlands ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Anacostia River region ⓘ
linked to: Anacostia River
hasEthnonymVariant Anacostans ⓘ
linked to: Anacostan

Nacostine ⓘ
Nacotchtank ⓘ
historicalPeriod early colonial era in North America ⓘ
pre-colonial era in North America ⓘ
historicalTerritory Anacostia River ⓘ
present-day Washington, D.C. ⓘ
knownFrom early European colonial records ⓘ
languageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ
locatedInThePastIn Chesapeake Bay region ⓘ
nameEtymologyRelatedTo Anacostia River ⓘ
partOf Indigenous peoples of the Eastern Woodlands ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Woodlands

Indigenous peoples of the Mid-Atlantic ⓘ
presentDayRecognition recognized as a historical Indigenous people of Washington, D.C. ⓘ
regionNowWithin District of Columbia ⓘ
United States ⓘ

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

Nacotchtank people → nameVariant → Anacostine ⓘ