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.

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Pasquotank Native American people canonical 2

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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

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