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Paleo-Indians inhabited Maryland beginning in c. 10,000 BC as the Pleistocene ice sheet retreated, [1] having come from other areas of North America to hunt.. Members of the Monongahela culture lived in the western portion of Maryland, constructing sites such as the Barton Village Site and Meyer Site.
State and Peasant Society in Medieval North India: Essays on Changing Contours of Mewat. Primus Books. ISBN 978-93-86552-23-5. Chawla, Abhay (February 2023). Meos of Mewat in the 21st Century: Marginalization, Mobiles and New Media. Jamous, Raymond (2003). Kinship and rituals among the Meo of Northern India: Locating sibling relationship ...
Akbar also utilized Mewat's resources by setting up horse-training centers, utilizing local artisans and trainers. The region was known for salt and iron production, with significant trade in these commodities. During the Mughal period, the qasbas in Mewat served various functions, from pargana headquarters to centers of trade and manufacturing ...
As of the 2000 United States Census, there were 6,976 Native Americans in the Baltimore metropolitan area, making up 0.3% of the area's population. [1]In 2013, 370 Cherokee people and 87 Navajo people lived in Baltimore city, 0.1% and 0.0% of the population respectively.
The location on the boundary of DC and Maryland was named Takoma in 1883 by DC resident Ida Summy, who believed it to mean 'high up' or 'near heaven'. [ 15 ] Tuxedo - Tuxedo may derive from the Lenape epithet Tùkwsit 'the Wolf Clans', or from Munsee Delaware p'tuck-sepo 'crooked river'.
This category refers to people who are Meo, Mev or Mewati, an ethnic group which originates from the historical Mewat region of modern day Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh in India See also: Mewat and Meo (ethnic group)
The last town in Dorchester County occupied by the Choptank was Locust Neck Indian Town, which they left about 1790. [14] In 1822, the state of Maryland sold the land of the reservation for development. The state used some of the proceeds to pay its share of contribution to the formation of the District of Columbia. [citation needed]
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.