The Accohannock Indian Tribe is building a Native American Living Village in Marion, MD. The site is adjacent to a 10 acre pond with access to one of Maryland's scenic wilderness rivers, the Pocomoke.
A main building will house a museum for artifacts collected and owned by the Tribe and classrooms where Native arts and crafts will be taught. A snack bar will serve Native foods such as corn, squash, wild rice, wild game, fish, oysters, and crab. Powwows and special events will be presented in the dance circle.
As of the present, due to circumstances beyond our control, the first phase of The Native American Living Village will be postponed to a future date. However, primitive campsites are available. The site is great for fishing and birdwatching on the Pocomoke River and the Pocomoke Sound. It is also minutes from Crisfield, Seafood Capital of the World. For more information or to reserve a campsite, please contact the Accohannock Indian Tribe.
The Accohannock Indian Tribe is striving to build a Living Village on Maryland's Eastern Shore as a future economic development and self-sufficiency project. Watch for news of our progress.
The first watermen of the Chesapeake lived in villages along the rivers and bays. They fished from dugout canoes and trapped fish in weirs. The tribes feasted from abundant waters and forests. Oysters, crabs, mussles, clams, shad, perch, trout, bass, flounder, deer, partridge, turkey and rabbit were just some of the bounty they enjoyed. 
The village will be very much like an early Algonquin speaking-Eastern Woodlands Indian village, with longhouses, wickiups and gardens surrounded by a palisade fence. This will be an authentic working village with demonstrations of daily life like basketweaving, cooking, dancing, gardening, hunting & fishing.
The site provides easy access to the Pocomoke sound, either by canoe or pontoon boats. Tours of the local bird sactuary, wildlife refuge and Pocomoke Sound will be offered. We will also host special events serving traditional meals such as Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners.
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Palisades protected the original Accohannock villages. Memorial palisade poles are available and will bear a plaque with the name and address of each donor along with the year of donation.