18 Facts About Piscataway tribe

Two major groups representing Piscataway descendants received state recognition as Native American tribes in 2012: the Piscataway Indian Nation and Tayac Territory and the Piscataway Conoy Tribe of Maryland.

Piscataway tribe were recorded by the English as the Pascatowies, Paschatoway, Pazaticans, Pascoticons, Paskattaway, Pascatacon, Piscattaway, and Puscattawy.

Piscataway tribe language was part of the large Algonquian language family.

The Piscataway tribe settlements appear in that same area on maps through 1700 Piscataway tribe descendants now inhabit part of their traditional homelands in these areas.

Piscataway tribe relied more on agriculture than did many of their neighbors, which enabled them to live in permanent villages.

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Those people of Algonquian stock who would coalesce into the Piscataway tribe nation, lived in the Potomac River drainage area since at least AD 1300.

Some evidence suggests that the Piscataway tribe migrated from the Eastern Shore, or from the upper Potomac, or from sources hundreds of miles to the north.

Piscataway tribe recorded the Piscataway by the name Moyaons, after their "king's house", i e, capital village or Tayac's residence, spelled Moyaone.

Piscataway tribe had come to power that year after killing his brother Wannas, the former Tayac.

Benefits to the Piscataway tribe in having the English as allies and buffers were short-lived.

Piscataway tribe fortunes declined as the English Maryland colony grew and prospered.

In 1697, the Piscataway tribe relocated across the Potomac and camped near what is The Plains, Virginia, in Fauquier County.

Finally in 1699, the Piscataway tribe moved north to what is called Conoy Island in the Potomac near Point of Rocks, Maryland.

The Piscataway tribe were said to number only about 150 people at that time.

Piscataway tribe was allied with the American Indian Movement Project for revitalization.

Piscataway tribe's leadership inspired tribes other than the Piscataway, and revival has occurred among other Southeastern American Indian communities.

In 2004, Governor Bob Ehrlich denied the Piscataway tribe Conoy's renewed attempt for state recognition, stating that they failed to prove that they were descendants of the historical Piscataway tribe Indians, as required by state law.

In December 2011, the Maryland Commission on Indian Affairs stated that the Piscataway tribe had provided adequate documentation of their history and recommended recognition.