Matapeake people
The Matapeake were a group of Native Americans living on Kent Island, Maryland at the time of English colonization in 1631. Their chief village was on the southeast side of the island.[1] They were an Algonquian-language tribe and were related to the Nanticoke, another Algonquian-language tribe.
Total population | |
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Extinct as a tribe | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Maryland | |
Languages | |
Eastern Algonquian | |
Religion | |
Native American religion | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Nanticoke |
Matapeake, Maryland, a small unincorporated town in Maryland, was named for the Matapeake.
See also
References
- Scharf, John Thomas (1879). History of Maryland from the Earliest Period to the Present Day. Baltimore, MD: John B. Piet. pp. 137.
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