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Return to a Native Place: Algonquian Peoples of Chesapeake

November 13, 2006 - Permanent

Museum: American Indian Museum

Location: 2nd level

Through photographs, maps, ceremonial and everyday objects, and interactives, this small display provides an overview of the history of the Native peoples of the Chesapeake Bay region (what is now Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.) from the 1600s to the present day. The Native people of this region include the Nanticoke, Powhatan, and Piscataway tribes.