FDI - Nanticoke

The Nanticoke were a sedentary hunter/ farmer nation most closely related to the Conoy. They occupied all of the eastern shore of Maryland and southern Delaware. The Nanticoke fought with the Whites who eventually expelled most of the nation from the area. Many survivors finally merged into other tribes, though some ancestors remain in or near their aboriginal territory.

Aboriginal Locations: Subdivisions (Subtribes)

DE Cuscarawoac

MD Annamessicks, Choptank, Manokin, Nanticoke, Nause, Ozinies, Toewogh, Wicocomoco, Wicomese

Present Locations

DE Nanticoke Indian Association, Millsboro (Some confederated into the Iroquois in New York, others into the Brotherton now in Wisconsin, and others into the Lenape in several locations

Year	*History*
1608	Shot arrows at Captain John Smith when he came ashore while he was exploring Chesapeake Bay; later friendly and traded
1642	Began 36 year war with colonists with and attack by Captain John Pike and Maryland militia
1668	Peace treaty with Maryland
1670	Smallpox epidemic sometime after this year
1698	Reservations set aside
1722	Most of tribe removed north to settle on the Susquehanna
1748	Moved further north, settled under Iroquois protection
1753	Part joined Iroquois
1774	Joined by western bands of Wappinger
1784	Majority emigrated west with Mahican and joined Delaware in Indiana; Choptank band, and some of Wicocomoco remained in old country
1881	Tribe recognized by the state of Delaware
1921	Formed the Nanticoke Indian Association

Year	Total Pop.	DE	MD	NY	PA	Source
1600	2,700	50	2,650			Mooney estimate
1700	1,000	50		150	800	NAHDB calculation
1800	100	50		50		NAHDB calculation
1900	50	50				NAHDB calculation
1970	200					Tamarin
2000	500	500				NAHDB calculation

Nanticoke Sites:

Kuskarawoak Village http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kuskarawoak/

Moors and Nanticokes http://members.aol.com/jacklyn001/index.htm

Nanticoke http://www.graydovetrading.com/Nanticoke.html

Nanticoke Authors http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/bin/browse.pl/t323

Nanticoke History http://www.edwinddancer.com/history.html

Nanticoke History http://members.tripod.com/~imblackeagle/index-2.html

Nanticoke Indian Facts http://www.geocities.com/bigorrin/nanticoke_kids.htm

Nanticoke Indian History http://members.tripod.com/~imblackeagle/

Nanticoke Indian Library http://www.dla.lib.de.us/Dir_Data/Nanticoke%20Indian%20Library.html

Nanticoke Indian Museum http://www.jersey.net/~standingbear/nanticoke/nanticoke3.htm

Nanticoke Indian Museum, Millsboro http://www.planetware.com/usa/delaware/millsboro/nanticoke-indian-museum-us-de-022.htm

Nanticoke Indian Tribe http://www.nanticokeindians.org/

Nanticoke Indian Tribe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanticoke_Indian_Tribe

Nanticoke Indian Tribe on the Eastern Shore http://www.easternshore.com/esguide/hist_nanticoke.html

Nanticoke Language http://www.native-languages.org/nanticoke.htm

Nanticoke Language http://www.ethnologue.com/14/show_language.asp?code=NNT

Nanticoke Linguistic Lineage http://www.ethnologue.com/14/show_lang_family.asp?code=NNT

Nanticoke Photos http://members.tripod.com/~imblackeagle/index-4.html

Nanticoke Spirituality http://members.tripod.com/~imblackeagle/index-3.html

Nanticoke Tribe http://www.nativeamericans.com/Nanticoke.htm

Nanticoke Type Clothing http://members.tripod.com/~imblackeagle/index-7.html

Mitsawokett - Lenape Nanticoke

*Ethnie:*	NANTICOKE
*Language:*	Nanticoke
*Family:*	Eastern Algonquian
*Stock:*	Algonquian
*Phylum:*	Algic
*Macro-Culture:*	Eastern Woodlands
Speakers	None