Assateague Indian at the Ocean City Inlet Wood Print

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This iconic Indian Totem Pole monument stands at the entrance to the Inlet Parking Lot in Ocean City, Maryland. The following narrative is from the educational plaque at the base of the monument...

TRAIL OF THE WHISPERING GIANTS
MARYLAND'S INDIAN
This monument, representing the Assateague Indian, was sculptured by Peter Toth and given to the people of Maryland as a gift. Toth is presently sculpturing an Indian monument in each of the fifty states, to pay homage to his heritage and to raise the nation's consciousness as to the plight of the Native Americans.
The monument carved from 100 year old oak was completed in 1976.
The Assateague Indian was a sub-tribe of the Nanticoke; both spoke a dialect of the Lenapes or Delaware Indian, which made them members of the Algonkian family. Indian groups living in the vicinity of Assateague Island included the Pokomoke, Annamessex, Manokin, Nassawattex, Acquintica, Assateague, Chincoteague and Kicotanks.
By the early 1700's...

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