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Watercolor painting by Governor John White, c. 1585, of an Algonkin Indian Chief in what is today North Carolina. (Manteo) (Manteo) The Secotans were one of several groups of Native Americans dominant in the Carolina sound region, between 1584 and 1590, with which English colonists had varying degrees of contact.
Penan are one of the last such peoples remaining as hunters and gatherers. The Penan are noted for their practice of 'molong' which means never taking more than necessary. Most Penan were nomadic hunter-gatherers until the post-World War II missionaries settled many of the Penan, mainly in the Ulu-Baram district but also in the Limbang district.
There are more bears living along North Carolina's coast than in the mountains. The recovery of the black bear in the state is one of North Carolina's real wildlife success stories.
Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula is a large peninsula (about 3,200 square miles) on the North Carolina coast, lying between the Albemarle Sound to the north and the Pamlico Sound to the south. The 5 counties of Dare , Hyde , Beaufort , Tyrrell , and Washington all lie wholly or partly on the peninsula.
The Punan Bah people are distinct and unrelated to the semi-nomadic Penan people. [3] [4] Their name stems from two rivers along the banks of which they have been living since time immemorial. They have other names including Mikuang Bungulan or Mikuang and Aveang Buan but those are used only ritually nowadays.
Asheville. The mountainous western North Carolina city of Asheville is mentioned several times throughout the book. Kya’s dad, Pa, is from Asheville. His family owned a plantation there, but ...
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Hunting Quarters is the original name for the area of eastern North Carolina in Carteret County currently known as the towns of Sea Level and Atlantic.The region, originally settled by an English family in the early 18th century, was named Hunting Quarters by the local Coree Indians, [1] living on the plentiful game, fish and oysters.