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Michelle,<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>The original inhabitants of what is now Maryland included the following groups: Nanticoke (Piscataway / Conoy), Powhatan (Accohannock), and Susquehannock. The Piscataway tribe was the most predominant in this region. Here is a link that talks about the Piscataway Nation: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piscataway_Indian_Nation">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piscataway_Indian_Nation</a>. The late chief Turkey Tayac was instrumental in cultural resurgence in the mid to late 20th century. They currently exist in the area of Brandywine / LaPlata MD on non-reservation land.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Bruce</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><div>On Dec 15, 2007, at 12:21 PM, michelle burns wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">this made me think of a question i had recently when visited by an apache friend from colorado: which tribes lived in our own area before colonial times? does anyone know?<br><br>michelle<br><br><b><i><br>"Regina M. Kreger" <<a href="mailto:regina@kreger.net">regina@kreger.net</a>></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> The noose incident was sickening. Thanks to the town government for <br>quick and decisive response. It is gratifying to know that MOST of the <br>neighbors understand how devastating racism is.<br><br>Yet ....... how many walk around town with the racist name and logo of <br>our Washington hometown football team plastered all over their cars and clothes? Indians are held up as "brave warriors" not out of respect and <br>admiration, folks. Think about it. They LOST. The "brave warrior" <br>image is just a justification, a conscience-salve for the conquerors. <br>No, this wasn't genocide, slaughter, massacre -- it was a fair fight! <br>They were brave warriors! Friends, it was genocide, and not just the <br>quick genocide of massacre, but a slow genocide that continues today. <br>American Indians today still are the poorest, most depressed people in <br>this country on average, notwithstanding a few nations that have managed to build successful casinos. The great Sioux nation, the brave Plains warriors of the old cowboy & indian movies -- they're doing worst of all. Men on Pine Ridge and Rosebud Sioux reservations have a life <br>expectancy of something like 55. <span style="font-weight: bold;">And here in Washington? The local </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Indians weren't even marched west, they were just .... wiped out.</span><br></blockquote><br><br><br>Some went among women who were alone, teaching them to join together.<br>For there is hope in two women, help in three women, strength in four,<br>joy in five. Power in six. And against seven, no gate may stand.<br><br>~ Sherri S. Tepper Gibbon’s Decline and Fall ~<div> <br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><hr size="1">Never miss a thing. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51438/*http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs"> Make Yahoo your homepage.</a><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">TownTalk mailing list</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">To post to the list, send mail to <a href="mailto:TownTalk@riverdale-park.org">TownTalk@riverdale-park.org</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:TownTalk-request@riverdale-park.org">TownTalk-request@riverdale-park.org</a> is for automated subscription processing only</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://riverdale-park.org/mailman/listinfo/towntalk">http://riverdale-park.org/mailman/listinfo/towntalk</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">For more information about Riverdale Park, visit <a href="http://www.ci.riverdale-park.md.us">http://www.ci.riverdale-park.md.us</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>