Pasquotank Native American people

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The Pasquotank Native American people were an Algonquian-speaking Indigenous group historically inhabiting the coastal and riverine areas of what is now northeastern North Carolina.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Pasquotank Native American people canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-speaking people ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalAffiliation Indigenous peoples of the Eastern United States ⓘ
Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern United States ⓘ
culturalRegion Mid-Atlantic coast of North America ⓘ
cultureArea Eastern Woodlands ⓘ
Southeastern Woodlands ⓘ
encountered English colonists in the 16th and 17th centuries ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf North America ⓘ
historicalPeriod Early colonial period in North Carolina ⓘ
Pre-contact era in the Southeastern Woodlands ⓘ
historicalTerritory Albemarle Sound region ⓘ
linked to: Albemarle Sound

Pasquotank River region ⓘ
linked to: Pasquotank River
indigenousTo Atlantic coastal plain of North Carolina ⓘ
Northeastern North Carolina ⓘ
language Carolina Algonquian ⓘ
languageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ
locatedIn Coastal North Carolina ⓘ
Northeastern North Carolina ⓘ
Riverine areas of North Carolina ⓘ
partOf Algonquian peoples of the Eastern Woodlands ⓘ
linked to: Algonquian peoples

Carolina Algonquian peoples ⓘ
primarySubsistence Fishing ⓘ
Horticulture ⓘ
Hunting ⓘ
regionNow Pasquotank County, North Carolina ⓘ
State of North Carolina ⓘ
linked to: North Carolina
regionType Coastal and riverine areas ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Chowanoke people ⓘ
linked to: Chowanoc people

Roanoke people ⓘ
linked to: Croatan people

Secotan people ⓘ
linked to: Chowanoc people

Weapemeoc people ⓘ
traditionalEnvironment Coastal estuaries ⓘ
River floodplains ⓘ
traditionalHousing Wood and bark structures ⓘ
traditionalTransportation Dugout canoes ⓘ
usedWaterways Albemarle Sound ⓘ
Pasquotank River ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pasquotank County, North Carolina, United States → namedAfter → Pasquotank Native American people ⓘ
Pasquotank River → hasNameOrigin → Pasquotank Native American people ⓘ