Accokeek people
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| Extinct as a tribe | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Piscataway |
The Accokeek were a group of
Piscataway, another Algonquian-language tribe.[2]
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][clarification needed]
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.
- 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. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
External links
- The First Marylanders Archived 2015-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
- Delaware CREP page
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