Accokeek people

Accokeek

Total population
Extinct as a tribe
Regions with significant populations
Maryland
Languages
Eastern Algonquian [ citation needed ]
Religion
Native American religion
Related ethnic groups
Piscataway

The Accokeek ^[2] were a group of Native Americans living in Southern Maryland at the time of English colonization. ^[3] They lived along the Potomac River in present-day Prince George's County, Maryland. They were an Algonquian-language tribe and were related to the Piscataway, another Algonquian-language tribe. ^[4]

Accokeek, Maryland, a small unincorporated town in Maryland, was named after the Accokeek ^[5] tribe. ^[6]

Accokeek means "at the edge of the hill". ^{[7] [ clarification needed ]}

Sources

• The prehistoric people of Accokeek Creek, p. 25

References

1. Clark, Patricia Roberts (21 October 2009). Tribal Names of the Americas: Spelling Variants and Alternative Forms, Cross-Referenced. McFarland. p. 11. ISBN   978-0-7864-5169-2.
2. Or Accocick, Accotick, Accokicke. ^[1]
3. "Native American Tribes & the Indian History in Accokeek, Maryland". American Indian COC. 2019-05-01. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
4. "A Brief History of Accokeek". Accokeek, Maryland. 2019-08-21. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
5. Bright, William (2004). Native American Placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 21. ISBN   0-8061-3576-X.
6. "Maryland: Piscataway Park (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
7. "Accokeek". Arcadia Publishing. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

External links

• The First Marylanders Archived 2015-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
• Delaware CREP page