What is Nanticoke?
{{Infobox ethnic group | group = Nanticoke | population = Approximately 1,200 in 1600<br />1,000 (1990)<ref name=p440>Pritzker 440</ref> | popplace = [[United States]] ([[Delaware]], [[New Jersey]], [[Maryland]], [[Oklahoma]]), [[Canada]] ([[Ontario]])<ref name=p440/> | langs = [[English language|English]], formerly [[Nanticoke language]] | rels = [[Native American religion]], [[Christianity]] | related = [[Assateague people|Assateague]], [[Choptank people|Choptank]], [[Piscataway people|Conoy]], [[Patuxent people|Patuxent]], [[Piscataway people|Piscataway]], [[Pocomoke people|Pocomoke]]<ref name=p440/> }} The '''Nanticoke people''' are [[Native American]] people from present-day [[Chesapeake Bay]] and [[Delaware]]. They are part of the [[Algonquian languages|Algonquian]] language group. The [[Nanticoke language]] is an extinct language. They are part of the [[Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands|Northeastern Woodland]]<nowiki/>s culture. Their tribes include the [[Choptank people|Choptank]], the [[Assateague people|Assateague]], the [[Piscataway people|Piscataway]], and the [[Doeg people|Doeg]]. The Nanticoke live in many places today. They include the [[Northeastern United States]] and [[Canada]], [[Delaware]], [[Ontario]] and [[Oklahoma]]. Some Nanticoke people are recognized by states and governments. This includes the [[Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation]]. The '''Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Indians''' are recognized in [[New Jersey]].<ref>Pritzker, Barry M. ''A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples.'' Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. [[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/978-0-19-513877-1|978-0-19-513877-1]], p. 440. </ref> [[File:Nanticokemap.png|thumb|283x283px|Nanticoke River]] [[File:Lenape_Languages.png|thumb|293x293px|Delaware Indians]] {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2021}} ==References== <references /> [[Category:Native Americans]]