Piscataway peoples

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The Piscataway peoples are an Indigenous Native American nation of the Mid-Atlantic whose traditional homelands encompass parts of present-day Maryland and surrounding areas.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations of the Mid-Atlantic ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ
alternativeName Conoy ⓘ
Piscataway-Conoy ⓘ
linked to: Nanticoke
colonialPowerEncountered Province of Maryland ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalPractice powwows ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
traditional crafts ⓘ
culturalRegion Eastern Woodlands ⓘ
culturalRevitalization language and cultural renewal efforts ⓘ
currentLanguage English ⓘ
demographicStatus surviving Indigenous nation ⓘ
encountered English colonists in the 17th century ⓘ
ethnonym Piscataway ⓘ
governanceType chiefdom ⓘ
hasCommunity Charles County, Maryland ⓘ
Prince George's County, Maryland ⓘ
Southern Maryland ⓘ
St. Mary's County, Maryland ⓘ
hasDiaspora urban communities in Washington, D.C. area ⓘ
historicalCapital Moyaone (Piscataway capital town) ⓘ
historicalEra colonial period of Maryland ⓘ
pre-Columbian North America ⓘ
historicalRegion Chesapeake Bay region ⓘ
languageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ
locatedIn Mid-Atlantic region of the United States ⓘ
partOf Algonquian-speaking peoples ⓘ
linked to: Algonquian peoples
recognizedAs Native American tribe in Maryland (state recognition) ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Lenape ⓘ
Nanticoke people ⓘ
Powhatan peoples ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional Indigenous spiritual practices ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
traditionalCrop beans ⓘ
maize ⓘ
squash ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Nanticoke language (closely related / associated) ⓘ
linked to: Nanticoke language

Piscataway language ⓘ
traditionalLeaderTitle tayac (paramount chief) ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Western Shore of the Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
lower Potomac River region ⓘ
present-day Maryland ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nanticoke people → relatedEthnicGroup → Piscataway people ⓘ
linked to: Piscataway peoples
Nacotchtank people → relatedEthnicallyTo → Piscataway people ⓘ
linked to: Piscataway peoples
Accokeek Creek Site → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Piscataway people ⓘ
linked to: Piscataway peoples
Nacotchtanke → neighboringGroup → Piscataway people ⓘ
linked to: Piscataway peoples
Anacostan → successorGroup → Piscataway people ⓘ
linked to: Piscataway peoples
Piscataway → hasSubgroup → Piscataway-Conoy Confederacy and Sub-Tribes ⓘ
linked to: Piscataway peoples