Accokeek people
The Accokeek were a group of Native Americans living in Southern Maryland at the time of English colonization.[1] 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.[2]
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| Extinct as a tribe | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Maryland | |
| Languages | |
| Eastern Algonquian | |
| Religion | |
| Native American religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Piscataway |
Accokeek, Maryland, a small unincorporated town in Maryland, was named after the Accokeek[3] tribe.[4][5]
Accokeek means "at the edge of the hill".[6]
Sources
- The prehistoric people of Accokeek Creek, p. 25
References
- "Native American Tribes & the Indian History in Accokeek, Maryland". American Indian COC. 2019-05-01. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
- "A Brief History of Accokeek". Accokeek, Maryland. 2019-08-21. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
- Bright, William (2004). Native American Placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 21. ISBN 0-8061-3576-X.
- "Maryland: Piscataway Park (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
- "What does accokeek mean". findwords.info. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
- "Accokeek". Arcadia Publishing. Arcadia Publishing. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
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