Accokeek
Total population
Extinct as a tribe
Regions with significant populations
 Maryland
Languages
Eastern Algonquian
Religion
Native American religion
Related ethnic groups
Piscataway

The Accokeek were a group of Native Americans living in Southern Maryland at the time of English colonization.[1] They lived along the Potomac River in present-day Prince George's County, Maryland. They were an Algonquian-language tribe and were related to the Piscataway, another Algonquian-language tribe.[2]

Accokeek, Maryland, a small unincorporated town in Maryland, was named after the Accokeek[3] tribe.[4][5]

Accokeek means "at the edge of the hill".[6]

Sources

  • The prehistoric people of Accokeek Creek, p. 25

References

  1. ↑ "Native American Tribes & the Indian History in Accokeek, Maryland". American Indian COC. 2019-05-01. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  2. ↑ "A Brief History of Accokeek". Accokeek, Maryland. 2019-08-21. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  3. ↑ Bright, William (2004). Native American Placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 21. ISBN 0-8061-3576-X.
  4. ↑ "Maryland: Piscataway Park (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  5. ↑ "What does accokeek mean". findwords.info. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  6. ↑ "Accokeek". Arcadia Publishing. Arcadia Publishing. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
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