- The Nacotchtank, also Anacostine, were an
Algonquian Indigenous people of the
Northeastern Woodlands.
During the 17th century, the
Nacotchtank resided...
- the area's
early history as Nacotchtank, a
settlement of
Necostan or
Anacostan Native Americans on the
banks of the
Anacostia River.
Heavy pollution...
-
Anacostia River—mistaking it for the main body of the
Potomac River, and met
Anacostans.
Before the
arrival of whites, the
Nacostine villages in this area were...
- Yeocomico, or Wicomicons.
Related Algonquian-speaking
tribes included the
Anacostan, Chincopin, Choptico, Doeg, or Doge, or Taux; Tauxeneen, Mattawoman, and...
- — the
Moyauns (Piscataway) on the
Maryland side, and the
Nacotchtank (
Anacostan) in what is now the Washington, DC area. Smith's map also
shows a settlement...
-
Potomac River and
trade directly with him
rather than
through Nacotchtank (
Anacostan) intermediaries.
Edward was
successful and
several groups of M****awomeck...
- and
beheaded by the
Anacostans. This
attack was in
reprisal for a 1622
attack by
Fleet and the
Patawomecks in
which 18
Anacostans had been killed. Captain...
-
local tribe members to gain
further understanding and
recognition of the
Anacostan heritage of the region, and to
create an
interactive map of Washington...
