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The Baltimore area had been inhabited by Native Americans since at least the 10th millennium BC, when Paleo-Indians first settled in the region. One Paleo-Indian site and several Archaic period and Woodland period archaeological sites have been identified in Baltimore, including four from the Late Woodland period. [4]
In the same year Baltimore's West Indian population was 6,597, 1% of the city's population. [27] In 1994, there were 30,000 West Indians in the Greater Baltimore area. [68] An annual Baltimore Caribbean Carnival Festival is held in Druid Hill Park. The festival attracts around 20–25,000 people and includes food, music, and a parade.
In the mid-20th century, a community of about 7,000 Lumbee people from North Carolina moved to the Upper Fell's Point and Washington Hill neighborhoods in Baltimore. [11] Members of the Lumbee community founded the Baltimore American Indian Center in 1968 as the American Indian Study Center to assist Native American residents in the area. [12]
The Piscataway Indian Nation inhabits traditional Piscataway homelands in the areas of Charles County, Calvert County, and St. Mary's County; all in Maryland.Its members now mostly live in these three southern Maryland counties and in the two nearby major metropolitan areas, Baltimore and Washington, D.C.
Baltimore Street Map, 1838. In 1797, Baltimore Town merged with Fell’s PointFells Point and incorporated as the City of Baltimore. Baltimore grew rapidly, becoming the largest city in the Southern United States. It dominated the American flour trade after 1800 due to the milling technology of Oliver Evans, the introduction of steam power in ...
The Nacotchtank fell under the larger influence of the Piscataway Chiefdom. [4] The Nacotchtank were not necessarily under complete control of the Piscataway, but rather, the Nacotchtank closely allied with them as they were a much larger group of 7,000 members in comparison to the roughly 300 members of the Nacotchtank tribe. [10]
The Baltimore American Indian Center, Inc. (BAIC) is a center for American Indians that is located in Upper Fell's Point, Baltimore, Maryland. The center was founded in 1968 as the "American Indian Study Center" to serve the growing Native American community in Baltimore. In 2011, the Center reestablished its museum for American Indian heritage ...
A Bureau of Indian Affairs map of Indian reservations belonging to federally recognized tribes in the continental United States. Legal/Statistical Area Description [2]