The Croatan were a Native American tribe living in the coastal areas of what's now North Carolina. They lived in current Dare County, an area encompassing the Alligator River, Croatan Sound, Roanoke Island, and parts of the Outer Banks, including Hatteras Island. Now extinct, they were one of the Algonquian peoples. They were believed to be on good terms with English settlers of the Roanoke Colony. There's been a persistent myth, not supported by any substantive documentation, that the survivo… (More on Croatan)