The origin of the Nanticoke People began along the Nanticoke River in Southeastern Delaware and the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Migration began in the early 1600's from Eastern Shore Maryland through Southeastern Delaware along the shores of New Jersey, and as far North to Canada and westward into Oklahoma. As a result of this migration, the Nanticoke people united with the Lenni-Lenape Indians already living in New Jersey.
The origin of the Lenni-Lenape people is debated often. Leave for now to say that they lived throughout what is know today as New Jersey, and in parts of New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland.
Lenni-Lenape Indians are known by the Algonquin Tribes as the "Original People", or "Men of Men", and sometimes referred to "as the Grandfathers" . The Nanticoke Indians are known as the "Tidewater People".
The descendants of these two Tribes are still in existence today and living in New Jersey, Delaware and scattered through-out the United States and Canada.