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The Indigenous peoples of Maryland are the tribes who historically and currently live in the land that is now the State of Maryland in the United States of America. These tribes belong to the Northeastern Woodlands, a cultural region. Only 2% of the state's population self-reported as having Native American ancestry in the 2020 US census.
The Piscataway were dominant to the north of the Potomac River, but there were many smaller tribes such as the Yaocomaco. Maryland also had Iroquoian-speaking tribes, particularly the Susquehannock along the Susquehanna River, who had been raiding into Algonquian territory. There were also Siouan-speaking tribes to the west and southwest.
The couple entrusted their seven-year-old daughter (also Mary) to Governor Leonard Calvert and his sister-in-law Margaret Brent for education in English ways at St. Mary's City, Maryland. [10] By 1642, six Jesuits lived in the village. [11] The Jesuits abandoned the village in 1643 after Susquehannock raiders took men and supplies. In 1644, as ...
The Piscataway Indian Nation (/ p ɪ s ˈ k æ t ə ˌ w eɪ / or / p ɪ s k ə ˈ t ɑː w ə /, [1]), also called Piscataway Indian Nation Inc. is a state-recognized tribe in Maryland [2] who identify as descendants of the historic Piscataway people. [3]
The Malaysian American Society was founded in 1967 to promote cultural exchanges between Malaysia and the U.S. [8] Other community organizations include the Malaysian Association of Georgia [9] and the Malaysian Association of Southern California. [10] Malaysian Americans also have created several educational associations.
Ozinie Indians themselves encountered a legal apartheid system, where incidents such as the murder of Ozinie Indians by English settlers would go unpunished, while violence by Ozinie Indians against English settlers were dealt with in colonial courts. In 1667, tensions came to a head, according to Talbot County historian Dickson J. Preston:
The Chaptico, also known as the Cecomocomoco, [1] were a group of Native Americans who lived along the Southwestern shore of the Chesapeake Bay in what is today St. Mary's County, Maryland. They were loosely dominated by the Patuxent in the pre-colonial time.
Classical Malay dress varies between different regions, but the most profound traditional dress in modern-day are Baju Kurung (for women) and Baju Melayu (for men), which both recognised as the national dress for Malaysia and Brunei, and also worn by Malay communities in Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Myanmar and Thailand.