Nentico

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Nentico is an alternative name for the Nanticoke, a Native American people historically located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.

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Nentico canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people
alternativeNameOf Nanticoke
continent North America
culturalClassification Algonquian-speaking peoples
linked to: Algonquian peoples
cultureArea Eastern Woodlands
ethnicGroupOf United States
ethnonymVariant Nentego
historicalPeriod Colonial era in North America
Pre-colonial North America
historicalRegion Delaware
Maryland
Mid-Atlantic region of the United States
Virginia
languageFamily Algonquian languages
originalInhabitantsOf parts of present-day Delaware
parts of present-day Maryland
parts of present-day Virginia
peopleType Indigenous peoples of the Eastern United States
recognizedAs Nanticoke
relatedEthnicGroup Lenape
Piscataway
Powhatan
traditionalRegionFeature Chesapeake Bay area
coastal plain of the Mid-Atlantic
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering wild plants
hunting
maize agriculture

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Nanticoke hasAlternativeName Nentico