The Accohannock Indian Tribe created the videotape, The Eastern Woodland Native Culture of North America, to provide historic education from a Native American point-of-view. As told by the descendants themselves, they are not professional speakers, but have much knowledge of outdoor skills, wildlife and woodlore.

Old ways of harvesting the rivers, bay and forest have been passed down by our ancestors. They are recounted in old family stories, told us by our grandmothers and grandfathers.

The Accohannock is one of the oldest tribal groups in Maryland. Artifacts suggest Maryland has been our homeland since the Eastern Woodlands beginning. For thousands of years the Eastern Woodland covered the entire Eastern half of what is now the United States of America. The Accohannock was one of the many tribes that lived here.

Our home is on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay. And for the most part is still as it was in the beginning.

It is one of only a few places that is still left on what once was the endless forest of the Eastern Woodlands. The people who lived there were truly the children of nature. Their whole life they were never more than an arm’s reach from growing, living things, and had great respect for all the game from the earth.

In this way we serve to remind that the blue sky, clear rivers, green forest, are gifts from the Creator. For this we are truly thankful. May the light of wisdom always shine in our hearts. So that we do not lose our way on the path to rightness.

For more information:
E-mail: Accohannock Indian Tribe