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The Cedarville Band, Wild Turkey Clan, of the Piscataway Conoy Nation, at the 2012 recognition ceremony held in Annapolis, Maryland. In December 2011, the Maryland Commission on Indian Affairs stated that the Piscataway had provided adequate documentation of their history and recommended recognition.
The Yaocomico / j aʊ ˈ k ɒ m ə k oʊ /, also spelled Yaocomaco, were an Algonquian-speaking Native American group who lived along the north bank of the Potomac River near its confluence with the Chesapeake Bay in the 17th century. They were related to the Piscataway, the dominant nation north of the Potomac.
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 river. The Piscataway nation declined dramatically before the nineteenth century, under the influence of colonization, infectious disease, and intertribal and colonial warfare.
America cancelled a string of shows in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [20] [21] Thus, America's 50th Anniversary Tour was postponed and then went ahead in the summer of 2021 going forward. [22] 2020 also saw the release of the book America, the Band, An Authorized Biography by journalist Jude Warne. [22]
Photograph of a 2012 Piscataway tribal recognition ceremony by the State of Maryland in Annapolis with Governor Martin O'Malley. Wesorts (also We-Sorts) is a name for a group of Native Americans in Maryland who are from the Piscataway tribe. It is regarded as derogatory and a pejorative by some, and rarely used by the current younger generation.
The Piscataway-Conoy were some of the first Native Americans to make contact with European settlers. Colonial expansion led to a 1666 treaty between tribal leadership and Lord Baltimore , resulting in the establishment of a reservation called Piscataway Manor.
Piscataway article should reflect existence of "Piscataway Conoy Tribe of Maryland" and "Cedarville Band of Piscataway Indians", suggest creating separate "Piscataway" article. [ edit ] The name of the article is "Piscataway Indian Nation", but there are two other different competing groups as well, each claiming exclusive Piscataway ancestry ...
America is an American rock group that has released 23 studio albums, 14 live albums and 23 compilation albums. They have also issued 47 singles, including two Billboard Hot 100 and three Adult Contemporary number ones. America's best-known song is their 1972 debut single, "A Horse with No Name".