Choptank Indian Reservation
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In 1669, the Choptank Indian Reservation was established by an act of the General Assembly. European encroachment resulted in displacement of the Choptank People to a narrow part of Locust Neck overlooking Goose Creek and the Choptank River. This location, known as "Indian Lands", was occupied by the Choptank People into the 1790s and was the last colonial-era reservation in Maryland.
Some of their descendants still live in this area today.
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