Ethan @Ethancdavenport@retro.social

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@Alkirk89 just tried to kill me. She’s on a hands-free call with her boss, who is English. And she coaxed this woman into calling their district management “a bunch of fucking wankers” in a fully English accent.

And I had to try not to laugh bc I’m not “here.”

Thanks for taking the time to read these threads. I’m trying to make it a habit anytime I go somewhere long enough to sit down and read about the original inhabitants.

Once again, I must recommend
Native-Land.ca as an incredible resource to learn more about the history of this land.

1) the Piscataway Indian Nation and Tayac Territory

2) Piscataway Conoy Tribe, incorporating the Piscataway Conoy Confederacy and Sub-Tribes, and the Cedarville Band of Piscataway Indians.

In 2012, the governor of Maryland officially recognized these tribes. Yes, just 7 years ago.

I will keep reading during my vacation week up here and report on what I find. I’m also planning to visit the Native American Smithsonian.

...with both free black people and Anglo-Europeans, but this categorization was a deliberate tactic and has since been used to deny Piscataway descendants a claim to their tribal status.

Things changed with the efforts of Chief Turkey Tayac, 1895-1978. He was a strong proponent of revitalization for Piscataway culture and Native American culture generally. Seems like an interesting person; I will have to read more about him.

Two tribal bands are extant today.

And of course, once European colonization began, things began to spiral. But possibly more evil than the initial colonization was what happened later on: the categorical denial of Piscataway descendants to their own name and heritage.

During the 19th century, the binary view of race was such that anyone who wasn’t white was listed on censes as either a slave or a free person of color (or “Negro”). Many Piscataway descendants had indeed intermarried...

The Piscataway spoke a dialect of Nanticoke and are today organized in two bands, which have achieved recognition by the state of Maryland but not by the federal government.

They were more agricultural than many of their neighbors, as the northern bank of the Potomac was quite fertile. Most of their villages were built with log palisades.

The Manahoac were inhabitants of this part of Virginia. They spoke Siouan, as did many other tribes in this area. Wikipedia says they disappear from the historical record after 1728, but that’s not helpful. It also notes that they most likely merged into neighboring tribes like the Monacan after the systematic destabilization of the region by Europeans.

The Wikipedia page is quite bare. If anyone has further resources, I’d love to read them.

Good morning. I am reading about the original native inhabitants of the area including Fairfax, VA, and Washington, DC.

2 things:

1) if you work in a business suit, I ain’t trust you.

2) I am so thankful for my friends that let me crash at their places so I can actually travel. If it weren’t for them, I’d never go anywhere.

The only part of flying that kinda freaks me out is landing. Today I closed my eyes and pictured an oak leaf falling in the wind. It was fine.

Y’all need to wake the fuck up and keep me entertained

Watching the planes take off and land, I’m reminded of a customer at my work who I had the misfortune of speaking with.

She was a chemtrailer. She claimed that “they” were putting “nano” into the air.

People are so desperate to ignore the fact that capitalism is actually what’s killing us.

Began the day by smashing an enormous spider on one of my typewriter cases, with a baseball bat.

It was that big.

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