{"id":42,"date":"2018-10-15T16:57:45","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T20:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.restorehandsell.org\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2026-02-19T15:28:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T20:28:53","slug":"the-nanticokes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.restorehandsell.org\/?page_id=42","title":{"rendered":"The Nanticokes and the Chicone Village Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\t\t<style>\r\n\t\t\t.huge-it-share-buttons {\r\n\t\t\t\tborder:0px solid #0FB5D6;\r\n\t\t\t\tborder-radius:5px;\r\n\t\t\t\tbackground:#3BD8FF;\r\n\t\t\t text-align:left; \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\r\n\t\t\t#huge-it-share-buttons-top {margin-bottom:0px;}\r\n\t\t\t#huge-it-share-buttons-bottom {margin-top:0px;}\r\n\r\n\t\t\t.huge-it-share-buttons h3 {\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-size:25px ;\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;\r\n\t\t\t\tcolor:#666666;\r\n\r\n\t\t\tdisplay:block;\t\t\t\tline-height:25px ;\r\n\r\n\t\t\t text-align:left; 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Project&pic=&ralateUid=&','1410949501326','width=700,height=500,toolbar=0,menubar=0,location=0,status=1,scrollbars=1,resizable=1,left=0,top=0');return false;\" style=\"background-position: -300px -80px \"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"none nobackground \" >\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a id=\"backforunical42\" href=\"http:\/\/widget.renren.com\/dialog\/share?resourceUrl=www.restorehandsell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpages%2F42&srcUrl=www.restorehandsell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpages%2F42&title=The Nanticokes and the Chicone Village Project\"  onclick=\"javascript:void window.open('http:\/\/widget.renren.com\/dialog\/share?resourceUrl=www.restorehandsell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpages%2F42&srcUrl=www.restorehandsell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpages%2F42&title=The Nanticokes and the Chicone Village Project','1410949501326','width=700,height=500,toolbar=0,menubar=0,location=0,status=1,scrollbars=1,resizable=1,left=0,top=0');return false;\" style=\"background-position: -320px -80px \"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"none nobackground \" >\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a id=\"backforunical42\" href=\"http:\/\/n4g.com\/tips?url=www.restorehandsell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpages%2F42&title=The Nanticokes and the Chicone Village Project\"  onclick=\"javascript:void window.open('http:\/\/n4g.com\/tips?url=www.restorehandsell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpages%2F42&title=The Nanticokes and the Chicone Village Project','1410949501326','width=700,height=500,toolbar=0,menubar=0,location=0,status=1,scrollbars=1,resizable=1,left=0,top=0');return false;\" style=\"background-position: -340px -80px \"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8220;We honor the Native American People of Delmarva at the Chicone Village at Handsell&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cHalac&#8217;quow Ewapaw&#8217;gup Allappah&#8217;wee&#8221;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(&#8220;Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow&#8221;, translated from the Algonquin language)<\/p>\n<h3>Save the Date:\u00a0 13th Annual Chicone Village Day &#8211; April 25, 2026<\/h3>\n<p><strong>2025 Participants List &#8211; Stay tuned for list for 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/video\/liberty-of-conscience-the-founding-of-maryland-o4pqyj\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1812\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1812\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Graphic-ListOFParticipants.jpg?resize=640%2C960&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Graphic-ListOFParticipants.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Graphic-ListOFParticipants.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Graphic-ListOFParticipants.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Graphic-ListOFParticipants.jpg?resize=1024%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Graphic-ListOFParticipants.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/video\/liberty-of-conscience-the-founding-of-maryland-o4pqyj\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1812\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2026 will feature actors from the PBS special &#8220;Liberty of Conscience&#8221; &#8211;Daniel Firehawk Abbott AND Drew Shuptar-Rayvis together at Handsell.\u00a0 See the PBS program<\/span> HERE.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1816\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.restorehandsell.org\/?attachment_id=1816\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1816\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1816\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1816\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DanielFirehawkAbbott.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DanielFirehawkAbbott.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DanielFirehawkAbbott.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DanielFirehawkAbbott.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DanielFirehawkAbbott.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1816\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Firehawk Abbott in the Chicone lodge at Handsell.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.restorehandsell.org\/?attachment_id=1881\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1881\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1881\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/493226897_10235638597882134_3850260366928152351_n.jpg?resize=640%2C562&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/493226897_10235638597882134_3850260366928152351_n.jpg?resize=1024%2C899&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/493226897_10235638597882134_3850260366928152351_n.jpg?resize=300%2C263&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/493226897_10235638597882134_3850260366928152351_n.jpg?resize=768%2C674&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/493226897_10235638597882134_3850260366928152351_n.jpg?resize=1536%2C1348&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/493226897_10235638597882134_3850260366928152351_n.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/493226897_10235638597882134_3850260366928152351_n.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/493226897_10235638597882134_3850260366928152351_n.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>Drew Shuptar-Rayvis at Chicone Village at Handsell<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_571\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ChiconeVillLOGO-lowRes.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-571\" class=\"wp-image-571 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ChiconeVillLOGO-lowRes.jpg?resize=640%2C240&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ChiconeVillLOGO-lowRes.jpg?resize=1024%2C384&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ChiconeVillLOGO-lowRes.jpg?resize=300%2C112&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ChiconeVillLOGO-lowRes.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ChiconeVillLOGO-lowRes.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-571\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chicone Village Logo copyright of the NHPA.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Listen to this short video clip of present day descendants speaking at Handsell:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thinkport.org\/tps\/pdmodules\/indigenousMD\/\">https:\/\/thinkport.org\/tps\/pdmodules\/indigenousMD\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Nanticoke Historic Preservation Alliance is proud to honor the Eastern Woodland Native People of Delmarva by constructing and maintaining the first authentic replica of a single family homestead using the materials and techniques available to prehistoric people circa pre-1600. \u00a0Now that the longhouse is complete, a waddle fenced garden has been installed and is planted each summer with plants appropriate to a garden of the native people. \u00a0In 2016, our &#8220;Village Volunteers&#8221; completed a lean-to &#8220;workshelter&#8221; to even further enhance this project. The Chicone Village at Handsell may be visited at any time during daylight hours year round.\u00a0 In 2025, an updated faux-bark covering is being installed to protect the dwelling for years to come.<\/p>\n<p>At special events like the Chicone Village Day in the spring and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nanticokeriverjamboree.com\">Nanticoke River Jamboree <\/a>in October, there are native historic interpreters and representatives from Delmarva Native tribes who come to Handsell to celebrate their history. \u00a0Our events are not Pow-Wows, but educational events held to teach of the ways of the ancient Eastern Woodland people who inhabited the Chesapeake Bay region and Mid-Atlantic coast. \u00a0Experimental archaeological techniques are explored and ancient skills demonstrated at these events. \u00a0For more on this project and the history of the Nanticoke People, scroll down this page.<\/p>\n<h3>Local tribal groups are invited to participate in our events by exhibiting or demonstrating special skills or crafts which reflect the ways of the ancient Eastern Woodland People of this continent. \u00a0Participating last year were: the Pocomoke Indian Nation, the Mid-Atlantic Cherokee Tribal Group, the Lenni-Lenape Manetu, the Cheswald Lenape and Nanticoke descendant Daniel Firehawk Abbott, past Coordinator of Native Programming at Colonial Williamsburg and Drew Shuptar-Rayvis.\u00a0 Please <a href=\"mailto:&quot;restorehandsell@gmail.com&quot;\">email us<\/a> if you are interested in participating in our events in the future.<\/h3>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<p>Wayside Signs are installed at the Nature Walk at Handsell for your enjoyment and education\u00a0in the memory of William Hanks, Jr. and Nature Walk brochures are available on site :<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/WaysideChiconeWalk-final.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-714\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-714\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/WaysideChiconeWalk-final.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"WaysideChiconeWalk-final\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/WaysideChiconeWalk-final.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/WaysideChiconeWalk-final.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/WaysideChiconeWalk-final.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/WaysideChiconeWalk-final.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/WaysideChiconeWalk-final.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/WaysideChiconeGarden.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-715\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-715\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/WaysideChiconeGarden.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"WaysideChiconeGarden\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/WaysideChiconeGarden.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/WaysideChiconeGarden.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/WaysideChiconeGarden.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/WaysideChiconeGarden.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/WaysideChiconeGarden.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Please come visit anytime!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Chicone Village is available for small groups of 10-20 people as a learning venue for Native American culture and history. \u00a0School groups, professors, teachers, church groups, family reunion organizers, etc. PLEASE contact us at<a href=\"restorehandsell@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> restorehandsell@gmail.com<\/a> for inquiries or requests.<\/p>\n<p>Getting married? Need a location for a Native Ceremony?\u00a0 Want a Native American venue?\u00a0 Contact us about using our site for your outdoor event.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/SeminarFlyer.jpg\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u00a0&#8220;My husband and I visited Handsell yesterday for the first time.\u00a0 We loved it!\u00a0 No one else was around\u2014no sounds but insects and the breeze.\u00a0 It was a big experience&#8230; It was wonderful to walk around and see everything. \u00a0The Chicone Creek is spectacular!\u00a0 We plan to attend this year\u2019s Jamboree and are sorry we didn\u2019t know sooner about all that is happening there. \u00a0The longhouse is amazingly beautiful. \u00a0Congratulations on an excellent project&#8221; !<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8211; Susan Killey<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #111111; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">PLEASE CONTRIBUTE TO THIS PROJECT:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #111111; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Send check to NHPA to: \u00a0Miriam Zijp-Koedijk, NHPA Secretary, <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #111111; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">128 Regulator Drive North, Cambridge, MD 21613<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Nanticoke Historic Preservation Alliance<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">wishes to thank those who have given financial support to<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Chicone Village Fund:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #111111; text-align: center;\"><em>Mid-Shore Community Fund<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #111111; text-align: center;\"><em>Vaughn W. Brown Charitable Trust<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #111111; text-align: center;\"><em>Choptank Electric Cooperative, Inc<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #111111; text-align: center;\"><em>Mrs. Paige Insley Austin<\/em><em><br \/>\nMr. and Mrs. Bruce Bernard<br \/>\nDAR-General P. Benson Chapter<br \/>\nMr. and Mrs. Escher<br \/>\nMrs. Shirley S. Jackson<br \/>\nMr. and Mrs. M. McKnight<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"color: #111111; text-align: center;\"><em>Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Thompson<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_397\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.restorehandsell.org\/?attachment_id=397\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-397\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-397\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-397\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Jamboree2013-127.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Longhouse Interior Fall 2013\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Jamboree2013-127.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Jamboree2013-127.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Jamboree2013-127.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Jamboree2013-127.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-397\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Longhouse Interior<br \/>Fall 2013<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_398\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.restorehandsell.org\/?attachment_id=398\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-398\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-398\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-398\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/BarkBegins.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The first piece of synthetic bark is placed on the cap of the longhouse on a foggy, gray winter day!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/BarkBegins.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/BarkBegins.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/BarkBegins.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/BarkBegins.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-398\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The first piece of synthetic bark is placed on the cap of the longhouse on a foggy, gray winter day<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Thanks to Choptank Electric Cooperative and the Vaughn W. <\/strong><strong>Brown Charitable Foundation\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Longhouse Exterior is NOW complete!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Help us raise the funds to maintain the longhouse and provide educational workshops and demonstrations:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_738\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMAG0877.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-738\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-738\" class=\"size-large wp-image-738\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMAG0877.jpg?resize=640%2C361&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Summer 2015 - The Chicone Village Native Garden\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMAG0877.jpg?resize=1024%2C577&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMAG0877.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMAG0877.jpg?resize=768%2C433&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMAG0877.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMAG0877.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-738\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Summer \u00a0&#8211; The Chicone Village Native Garden<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_772\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Summer2014-Sort-027.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-772\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-772\" class=\"size-large wp-image-772\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Summer2014-Sort-027.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Chicone Lodge, or Longhouse at Handsell\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Summer2014-Sort-027.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Summer2014-Sort-027.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Summer2014-Sort-027.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Summer2014-Sort-027.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Summer2014-Sort-027.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-772\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Chicone Lodge, or Longhouse at Handsell<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.restorehandsell.org\/?attachment_id=248\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-248\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-248 aligncenter\" title=\"Web1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Web13.jpg?resize=640%2C426&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Web13.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Web13.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Web13.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Web13.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_249\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.restorehandsell.org\/?attachment_id=249\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-249\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-249\" class=\"size-large wp-image-249\" title=\"Web2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Web2.jpg?resize=640%2C426&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Web2.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Web2.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Web2.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Web2.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-249\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The lodge framing was nearly complete on September 30, 2012 Additional lashing will strengthen the structure before covering with bark and matting. Thanks to the dedicated team! Pictured here is Roger, Tom, Jim, John and Daniel.\u00a0 Handsell awaits it&#8217;s own restoration in the background.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Visit the Indiantown to see the construction of the FIRST authentic native lodge to be built in over 200 years\u00a0\u00a0in\u00a0Dorchester County!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>The Chicone Native Village Project<\/strong>\u00a0As a former Trading Post set up by Thomas Taylor in the 1600&#8217;s, the location of the original Handsell Land Grant on the site of the native village, known as Chicone (or Chicacone , Chicawan) gives NHPA the unique opportunity to create an authentic interpretation of those early days of European settlements upon the native people&#8217;s\u00a0lands.\u00a0 With Daniel Firehawk Abbott, well-known interpreter of the Eastern Woodland Indians, as one of our Trustees and a resident of Dorchester County, we have created the &#8220;Chicone Native Village Project&#8221;.\u00a0 This effort includes the building of an authentic native lodge (often called a roundhouse, or longhouse)\u00a0on the grounds of Handsell so that interpretations and re-enactments can be\u00a0held here, enriched by this visual and tactic experience of a real native dwelling.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">More funding for this is still needed, so if you or other organizations are interested in helping, please <a href=\"mailto:&quot;restorehandsell@gmail.com&quot;\">email us<\/a>\u00a0or call Midge Ingersoll 410-228-7458.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_79\" style=\"width: 234px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.restorehandsell.org\/?attachment_id=79\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-79\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-79\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-79\" title=\"Traders-Color\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Traders-Color.jpg?resize=224%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Traders-Color.jpg?resize=224%2C300&amp;ssl=1 224w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Traders-Color.jpg?resize=767%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 767w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Traders-Color.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Traders-Color.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-79\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upon arriving in the new world, 17th century English traders like Thomas Taylor and Christopher Nutter traded goods in an amiable relationship with the Eastern Woodland native people.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Brief Nanticoke History<\/strong>\u00a0Pre-History<br \/>\nThe Eastern Woodland Indians inhabited a wide area in the eastern part of the United States\u00a0 including the vastly wooded area of the Delmarva Pennisula.\u00a0 These included the Algonquian speaking \u201cNentego\u201d (Nanticokes), the largest tribe on the Eastern Shore, who were part of a matrilineal culture.\u00a0 They lived off the land, using wood, stone, bone and clay products as the basic raw materials in their lives. This region is noted for ample rainfall, numerous ponds, streams, and rivers and the Woodland Indians tended to establish permanent settlements near water in the forested areas.Traditionally, Eastern Woodland Indians lived in longhouses built of bent saplings covered with mats and\/or bark.\u00a0 Some of these would be single family size while others were quite extensive, housing larger family units.<\/p>\n<p>The Nanticokes were a hunter forager culture.\u00a0 Their primary animal foods were deer, turkey, turtle, fish and shellfish. As experienced farmers they grew beans, corn, and squash. While the males hunted, the females worked in the gardens raising crops and foraged for nuts, berries and roots like tuckahoe and cattail.\u00a0 Available plant material was used both for food and medicinal purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the arrival of Europeans, there were numerous tribes living on the Delmarva peninsula.\u00a0\u00a0 John Smith\u2019s 1608 voyage around the rim of the Chesapeake Bay described one of the largest villages, that of \u201cthe Emperor\u201d which was in this area of Chicone Creek and Vienna.<\/p>\n<p>While many tribes had moved freely up and down the peninsula for centuries, by the mid 1600&#8217;s, Europeans seeking land forced the tribes to abandon their traditional homes and lifestyles.\u00a0 Nanticoke Indians who originally lived along the Nanticoke River found themselves slowly being pushed north away from their ancestral lands, some eventually\u00a0 joining the Iroquois Confederacy.<\/p>\n<p>The story of Eastern Woodland Indian culture reaches thousands of years into the distant past of what is now the state of Maryland.\u00a0 Their heritage is intimately woven into the fabric of our nation, yet it is often misinterpreted and remains largely obscure.\u00a0 Disease, conflict and assimilation wiped out much of this heritage within one or two generations.\u00a0 As a result, an awareness of native culture is limited to place names of many of our towns and rivers whose meanings have long since been forgotten.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_400\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.restorehandsell.org\/?attachment_id=400\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-400\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-400\" class=\"size-large wp-image-400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/WeavingMats.jpg?resize=640%2C474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A primitive loom is set-up for the making of woven mats to be used in the interior bedding of longhouse.\" width=\"640\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/WeavingMats.jpg?resize=1024%2C759&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/WeavingMats.jpg?resize=300%2C222&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/WeavingMats.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.restorehandsell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/WeavingMats.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A primitive loom is set-up for the making of woven mats to be used in the interior bedding of longhouse.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Timeline of the Chicone Village<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1678 &#8211; The Maryland Proprietary formally acknowledged a number of Eastern Shore town sites or informal reservations including the Nanticoke \u201cEmperors\u201d village of Chicone located nearby.\u00a0 If existing land patents already included these village sites they were honored.\u00a0 (English traders sometimes obtained land patents to<br \/>\nprotect their economic interests and the Indians from further encroachment.)\u00a0 Thomas Taylor, a licensed trader and military officer obtained such a patent for 700 acres at this site which he called Handsell in 1665, upon which he built a local and no doubt prosperous trading post (the old English word, Handsell, translates to \u201cearnest money handed at market.\u201d )<\/p>\n<p>1698 &#8211;\u00a0The Nanticokes experienced ever increasing English encroachment (social<br \/>\nhostilities; hunting, fishing and foraging pressures; and English livestock rooting up Indian gardens) and had lodged numerous complaints with the Maryland Colony.\u00a0 English settlers were building houses nearby on the banks of the Nanticoke River.\u00a0 Christopher Nutter purchased Handsell from Taylor and assumed Taylor\u2019s role as trader-interpreter, however, Nutter was less sympathetic to the Nanticoke plight.\u00a0 Tensions continued to mount.\u00a0\u00a0 The Maryland Assembly passed an Act \u201cfor ascertaining the bounds of certain tract of land, to the use of the Nanticoke Indians, so long as they shall occupy and live upon the same&#8230;\u201d\u00a0 Reservation Lands were then established for the Native Americans at Chicone Indian Town.<\/p>\n<p>1723 &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0After acquiring Handsell from the heirs of Nutter, Captain John Rider claimed legal possession of the land within the Chicone Reservation after finding it deserted except for one Indian, William Ashquash, son of the late Nanticoke Emperor.\u00a0 Rider had physically ousted Ashquash, set fire to his cabin and built a clapboard house of his own.\u00a0 The Indians returned in the Autumn, re-established residence and burned the house erected by Rider.\u00a0 They testified to the Maryland Assembly that Rider had found their towns uninhabited because they were following their traditional seasonal migration to alternative food sources.\u00a0 Maryland authorities ruled that Rider was trespassing.<\/p>\n<p>1742 &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0Ongoing English violation of Indian Reservation rights cause the Nanticokes to continue to abandon &#8220;Chicacone&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>1768 &#8211; The Maryland legislature passed a bill authorizing the purchase of all remaining rights to Chicone Indian lands from the Nanticoke Indians.\u00a0 In 1769 all Indiantown land including Handsell was returned to the ownership of the heirs of John Rider including Henry Steele and his wife Anne and her sisters.\u00a01770&#8217;s &#8211; Henry Steele purchased from the other \u201cheirs in law\u201d and became the sole owner of the Indian Towne Purchase, which originally extended from the \u201cChicacone Creek to the junction of the northwest fork of the Nanticoke near Walnut Landing.\u201d\u00a0Through the years, some of the Nanticokes and Choptanks and their descendants left the Eastern Shore for the north, espcially Canada. However, many remained here on the Shore and simply &#8220;disappeared&#8221;\u00a0 into the marshes of Dorchester and Wicomico counties where\u00a0they intermarried with white and black residents to create individual communities.\u00a0 Local oral tradition says that such communities were established\u00a0on and near\u00a0Deal Island, Wicomico County and the lower parts of Dorchester near villages of Robbins and Abbottstown.\u00a0 Descendants of the native\u00a0people still live\u00a0here in Dorchester County today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Share This: &#8220;We honor the Native American People of Delmarva at the Chicone Village at Handsell&#8221; \u201cHalac&#8217;quow Ewapaw&#8217;gup Allappah&#8217;wee&#8221; (&#8220;Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow&#8221;, translated from the Algonquin language) Save the Date:\u00a0 13th Annual Chicone Village Day &#8211; April 25, 2026 2025 Participants List &#8211; Stay tuned for list for 2026 2026 will feature actors from the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-42","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.restorehandsell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.restorehandsell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.restorehandsell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.restorehandsell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.restorehandsell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.restorehandsell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1882,"href":"https:\/\/www.restorehandsell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions\/1882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.restorehandsell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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