"We are elated with the movement of this bill, but saddened that we have had to do so much to change a name on our own ancestral lands," said Jesse James Swann, Chief of the Piscataway Conoy Tribe.

Members of the Piscataway Conoy Tribe want the name of Indian Head Highway and the town of Indian Head in Charles County, Maryland, renamed because they say the names are derogatory to Native ...

An unassuming plot of land in Faulkner is set to become the future home for the tribal office of the Piscataway Conoy Tribe. Jesse James Swann, who identifies himself as chief of the Piscataway ...

WASHINGTON — The heads of two Piscataway Indian groups recently recognized by the state of Maryland said they are unlikely to pursue federal recognition for now, but the leader of a third said ...

s vice president for student affairs. In Monday’s ground-blessing ceremony, Maurice Proctor, an elder of the Piscataway Conoy Tribe, Cedarville Band, burned a bundle of sage and prayed for ...

The opportunity to have land donated from county government to a Piscataway tribe drew a large crowd to a public hearing Tuesday. The property, which has been in use by Piscataway Conoy tribal ...

But with the possibility of legalized slot machines looming, the Piscataway Conoy Confederacy and Subtribes yesterday urged the General Assembly to pass legislation to circumvent the governor’s ...

Leaders of the Piscataway-Conoy Confederacy and Subtribes (PCCS) say state recognition is a long overdue matter of pride and would benefit members by allowing them to tap federal grants for ...

After their pioneering expedition, other parties of explorers visited the peaceful Piscataway on Conoy Island, the last of record in 1712. Roscoe Wenner, who lived by the island, and whose ...

One recipient, the Alice Ferguson Foundation, will use the funds to install six interpretive waysides throughout Piscataway Park in Maryland. These installations will educate visitors about the ...