Weapemeoc Indians
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Name (Latin)
Weapemeoc Indians
Other forms of name
Yeopim Indians
See Also From tracing topical name
Algonquian Indians
Indians of North America North Carolina
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q1477889
Library of congress:
sh2015001878
Sources of Information
- Work cat: Lost tribes, 2014:page 4 of cover (Weapemeoc Nation) page 27 (Weapemeoc tribe changed its name to Yeopim; a Carolina Algonquin nation)
- NCpedia WWW site, July 28, 2015(The Weapemeoc Indians, also known as the Yeopim Indians, were a branch of Algonquian-speaking peoples living in sprawling villages along the northern rim of the Albemarle Sound when the Roanoke Island colonists arrived in the 1580s)
Wikipedia description:
The Weapemeoc were a small Native American Algonquian speaking tribe from northeastern North Carolina. They lived on the north shore of Albemarle Sound. that was first noted in literature in 1585/1586. At that time, they approximately had 700 to 800 people. They had a maritime culture. However, their culture changed rapidly as European settlers introduced diseases and ultimately forced them from their lands by 1780. There are descendants of the Weapemeoc that still exist today.
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