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GENERAL INFO

They lived in a small village consisting of 80 people. They lived in the outer sandbanks of Cape Hatteras during 1701.

NAME

The meaning of the name Hatteras is unspecified. It was first used by explorer John Lawson. Lawson was writing a book where he mentioned the Hatteras Indians for the first time. Although the meaning Hatteras is unknown the people from that island were known as “the people of shallow water”. They are also known as Croatans.

HISTORY

The Hatteras Indians are part of the  Algonquian family. Several people from the Hatters Island are of white ancestry. According to some historians after the tribe was colonized some of them affiliated with other tribes such as the North Carolina Algonquian, Siouan tribes and survivors of the Roanoke colony.

LANGUAGE

They are part of the  Carolina Algonquian dialect.

CURRENT STATUS

It is known that the descendants of the Hatteras Indians are now part of the Lumbee Indians.