The Piscataway were recorded by the English (in days before uniform spelling) as the Pascatowies, Paschatoway, Pazaticans, Pascoticons, Paskattaway, Pascatacon, Piscattaway, and Puscattawy. In the 19th century, census enumerators classified most of the Piscataway individuals as "free people of color", "Although a few families identified as Piscataway by the early 20th century, prevailing racial attitudes during the late 19th century, and imposition of "There are still Indian people in southern Maryland, living without a reservation in the vicinity of US 301 between After Chief Turkey Tayac died in 1978, the Piscataway split into the Piscataway Conoy Confederacy and Subtribes (PCCS), the Cedarville Band of Piscataway Indians, and the Piscataway Indian Nation. For one of the contemporary tribes, see Christian F. Feest, "Nanticoke and Neighboring Tribes", in Sturtevant and Trigger, p. 250and on a map of the Piscataway lands in Kenneth Bryson, J. Douglas Smith, "The Campaign for Racial Purity and the Erosion of Paternalism in Virginia, 1922–1930: 'Nominally White, Biologically Mixed, and Legally Negro'", Helen C. Rountree, Wayne E. Clark, and Kent Mountford, They are the first tribes recognized by … Conoy, also called Piscataway, an Algonquian-speaking North American Indian tribe related to the Delaware and the Nanticoke; before colonization by the English, they lived between the Potomac River and the western shore of Chesapeake Bay in what is now Maryland.

Two major groups representing Piscataway descendants received state recognition as Native American tribes in 2012: the The Piscataway were recorded by the English (in days before uniform spelling) as the Pascatowies, Paschatoway, Pazaticans, Pascoticons, Paskattaway, Pascatacon, Piscattaway, and Puscattawy. This article is about the historical Native American tribe. They lived near waters navigable by canoes. They lived near waters navigable by canoes. The Colonial authorities forced the Piscataway to permit the Making their way northward, the surviving Susquehannock joined forces with their former enemy, the Haudenosaunee, the five-nation In 1697, the Piscataway relocated across the Potomac and camped near what is now In the 18th century, some Piscataway, as well as other Algonquian groups migrating away from English settlements, relocated north of the Most of the surviving tribe migrated north in the late eighteenth century and were last noted in the historical record in 1793 at Numerous contemporary historians and archaeologists, including In the late 1990s, after conducting an exhaustive review of primary sources, a Maryland-state appointed committee, including a The Maryland Colony dissolved the Indian reservations in the 18th century. Men hunted bears, elk, deer, and wolves as well as beaver, squirrels, partridges, wild turkeys, and other small game with bows and arrows. Piscataway Indians, a tribe of Algonquian linguistic stock formerly occupying the peninsula of lower Maryland between the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay and northward to the Patapsco, including the present District of Columbia, and notable as being the first tribe whose Christianization was attempted under English auspices. On January 9, 2012, Gov. (Since the late twentieth century, many recognized tribes have established casinos and gaming entertainment on their reservations to raise revenues.) Critics were concerned about some of the development interests that backed the Piscataway Conoy campaign, and feared gaming interests.

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

Their crops included corn, several varieties of beans, melons, pumpkins, squash and (ceremonial) tobacco, which were bred and cultivated by women. On January 9, 2012, the Governor officially recognized two tribes of Piscataway heritage: the Piscataway-Conoy Tribe (which includes the Cedarville Band of Piscataways), and the Piscataway Indian Nation (Executive Order 01.01.2012.01; Executive Order 01.01.2012.02). Critics were concerned about some of the development interests that backed the Piscataway Conoy campaign, and feared gaming interests. Related Algonquian-speaking tribes included the Anacostan, Chincopin, Choptico, Doeg or …

On January 9, 2012, Gov. These three organizations have disagreed over a number of issues: seeking state and federal tribal recognition, developing casinos on their land if recognition were gained, and determining which groups were legitimately Piscataway.In the 1990s, the State of Maryland appointed a panel of anthropologists, genealogists, and historians to review primary sources related to Piscataway genealogy. The Piscataway are a subtribe of the Conoy Native American tribe of Maryland. On January 9, 2012, the Governor officially recognized two tribes of Piscataway heritage: the Piscataway-Conoy Tribe (which includes the Cedarville Band of Piscataways), and the Piscataway Indian Nation (Executive Order 01.01.2012.01; Executive Order 01.01.2012.02). They were also referred to by the names of their villages: The Piscataway by 1600 were on primarily the north bank of the The Piscataway relied more on agriculture than many of their neighbors, which enabled them to live in permanent villages.