Total population | |
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Extinct as a tribe | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Eastern Shore of Maryland | |
Languages | |
Nanticoke | |
Religion | |
Native American religion | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Nanticoke, Lenape |
The Choptank (or Ababco) were an Algonquian-speaking Native American people that historically lived on the Eastern Shore of Maryland on the Delmarva Peninsula. They occupied an area along the lower Choptank River basin,[1] which included parts of present-day Talbot, Dorchester and Caroline counties.[2] They spoke Nanticoke, an Eastern Algonquian language closely related to Delaware.[3][4] The Choptank were the only Indians on the Eastern Shore to be granted a reservation in fee simple by the English colonial government.[5]
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