Piscataway Indian Nation and Tayac Territory
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Piscataway Indian Nation and Tayac Territory
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The Piscataway Indian Nation, also called Piscatawa, is a state-recognized tribe in Maryland that is descended from the historic Piscataway people. At the time of European encounter, the Piscataway was one of the most populous and powerful Native polities of the Chesapeake Bay region, with a territory on the north side of the Potomac River. By the early seventeenth century, the Piscataway had come to exercise hegemony over other Algonquian-speaking Native American groups on the north bank of the
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State-recognized tribe in Maryland that claims descent from the historic Piscataway tribe
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piscataway_Indian_Nation_and_Tayac_Territory
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2024-01-15T23:06:58Z
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