Carolina Algonquian

The Algonquian-speaking people of North Carolina are the people who inhabited the Outer Banks of North Carolina before European colonization of the area. They lived on Roanoke Island, the barrier islands, and the mainland in distinct tribes, sharing a culture. They were the first people met by the English during the first colonization attempts at Roanoke Island. Some became important friends to the English while others became foes, pushing back against the colonization of their homeland. Explore the lives of the first people to call Roanoke Island home and how they became intertwined with the colonization by the English in the late 1500s.