Nanticoke
The Nanticoke - Indians (derived from Nantaquak or Nentego - 'Tidewater People' or 'People of the Tidewaters' dt 'people of low water', or 'people of the tides ebb and flow'.), Also Doegs , Toags or Tauxdie called. The Lenni Lenape (Delaware) called them Unechtgo or Unalachtgo (also W'nalachtko - 'People Who Live Near the Ocean' - dt. 'People who live near the ocean'). They were an Algonquin tribe of the Algonquin-Ritwan-Kutenai language family, who lived on the east bank of the Nanticoke River in Maryland , where Smith located their main village in 1608. They are linguistically and ethnically assigned to the Lenni Lenape and Conoy Indians. Johann Heckewelder , an English missionary who worked among the Iroquois and Algonquin tribes for more than 40 years , reported that they were good fur hunters, trappers and fishermen. Under the pressure of white colonization, many of them migrated through southeastern Delaware and over New Jersey to Canada and Oklahoma. On this hike, several Nanticoke united with the Lenni Lenape, who were already living in New Jersey .
The Nanticoke were a thorn in the side of the Maryland colonies. As early as 1642 they were formally declared enemies. There were always conflicts between the colonists and the Nanticoke, which could be settled by treaties. From 1698 reservations were established in the region for the Nanticoke . In 1707 they had at least seven villages. In 1722 their main village was Nanduge , in which around a hundred inhabitants lived and their chief, who ruled over all neighboring Nanticoke. Soon after, they migrated northward and spent some time on the Susquehanna River , at the mouth of the Juniata. Around 1748 the greater part of the tribe moved up the Susquehanna, where they stayed in various places and finally settled under Iroquois protection at Chenango, Chugnut and Oswego on the eastern branch of the Susquehanna in southern New York . They were estimated at 500 people in 1765. Part of the Nanticoke remained in Maryland, where they lived under the name Wiwash in 1792 , although their number had already fallen to thirty members. In 1753, part of the Nanticoke from Upper Susquehanna united with the Iroquois in western New York, but most of the tribe migrated westward with the remaining Mahican and Wappinger Indians in 1784 and joined the Lenni Lenape in Ohio and Indiana , where they moved to and after having lost their identity.
Todays situation
The following tribes and groups are state recognized tribes , ie they are recognized as a tribe by the respective federal state in which they live, but without being recognized as a tribe at the federal level.
- Delaware:
- Nanticoke Indian Association (also Nanticoke Indian Tribe of Delaware , their tribal name derives from Nantaquak or Nentego ('Tidewater People' or 'People of the Tidewaters', dt. 'People of the tides, of ebb and flow'), were allies of the Powhatan and the Choptank , state recognized by the State of Delaware since 1922 , administrative seat is Millsboro in Sussex County , Delaware, population: approx. 1,550 tribal members) - member of the Confederation of Sovereign Nentego - Lenape Tribes
- Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware (descendants of Unami Lenape and Nanticoke families of the Delmarva Peninsula and southern New Jersey, tribal membership is on descendants of the Lenape in Kent County, Delaware and southern New Jersey and on Nanticoke of the Delmarva Peninsula, the administrative seat is Cheswold in Kent County , Delaware) - member of the Confederation of Sovereign Nentego - Lenape Tribes
- New Jersey:
- Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Indian Tribe (also Nanticoke Lenape Indians , Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape People or Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation of New Jersey , descendants of Unami Lenape and Nanticoke, who are the Unami Lenape on the south bank of Delaware Bay in southern New Jersey joined as Cohansies (Lenape group along the Cohansey River), Bridgeton Indians , Indians of Cohansey Bridge , Alloways (Lenape group, named after Chief Alloway), Little Siconese , Narraticons ('Naraticonck'), Sewapois and other names are now the largest tribe in New Jersey, own tribal land known as Cohanzick in Fairfield Township, New Jersey, here is also their community center and ceremonial place, administrative seat is Bridgeton in Cumberland County , New Jersey, population: approx. 1,600 tribal members) - Member of the Confederation of Sovereign Nentego - Lenape Tribes
Individual evidence
- ^ Homepage of the Nanticoke Indian Association
- ^ Homepage of the Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware
- ↑ Cohanzick - The Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Grounds (PDF file; 57 kB)
- ↑ Homepage of the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Indian Tribe ( Memento of the original from June 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
See also
List of North American Indian tribes
This article is based on the article Nanticoke ( Memento of July 1st, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) from the free encyclopedia Indianer-Wiki ( Memento of March 18th, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) and is under Creative Commons by-sa 3.0 . A list of the authors was available in the Indian Wiki ( Memento from July 1, 2007 in the Internet Archive ).