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Accokeek people

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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

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  • The prehistoric people of Accokeek Creek, p. 25

References

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  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.
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