Croatan

American

[kroh-uh-tan, kroh-uh-tuhn] / ˈkroʊ ə tæn, ˈkroʊ ə tən /

noun

Also, Croatan Indian, a member of a group of people from North Carolina and South Carolina having Indigenous, Black, and white ancestry.

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Administrators viewed the harassment at Croatan High School as isolated incidents because there were many different perpetrators, records show.

From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2025

Such dynamics played out in April, 2023, when a blaze in North Carolina’s Croatan National Forest jumped from 7,000 acres to 32,000 in two days and burned for 10 weeks.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2024

Trillium was one of the organizers of the statement, along with environmental research group Croatan Institute and the New York City comptroller, Scott Stringer.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 2016

It covers Albemarle, Currituck, Croatan and Roanoke sounds for all anchored gill nets.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 12, 2015

At ten o'clock Goldsborough's gunboats could be seen making their way, one by one, cautiously, through the narrow channel between marshy islands into Croatan Sound.

From The Drummer Boy by J. T. (John Townsend) Trowbridge

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