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This #IndigenousPeoplesDay we celebrate the #Susquehannock, the original nation who lived in #HowardCounty.
An #Iroquois-speaking culture, they controlled land over New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and #Maryland. /1
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An #Iroquois-speaking culture, they controlled land over New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and #Maryland. /1
#History
A matri-lineal and sedentary culture, the #Susquehannock lived in longhouses surrounded by protective palisades.
They raised dogs and hunted local wildlife, as well as grew crops of corn and tobacco. /2
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They raised dogs and hunted local wildlife, as well as grew crops of corn and tobacco. /2
#IndigenousPeoplesDay #History
From 1642-1650, #Maryland colonists attempted to war with the #Susquehannock but failed.
In 1652, as part of a treaty to protect their southern borders, the #Susquehannock ceded territory over what would become #HowardCounty. /3
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In 1652, as part of a treaty to protect their southern borders, the #Susquehannock ceded territory over what would become #HowardCounty. /3
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The #Susquehannock would eventually fall to disease and massacres by colonists.
Their peoples were assimilated into other nations, including the #Haudenosaunee ( #Iroquois) Confederacy. /4
Their peoples were assimilated into other nations, including the #Haudenosaunee ( #Iroquois) Confederacy. /4
The last #Susquehannock was Chief Fireway, born 1899. He fought to maintain the culture and for state or federal recognition.
Unfortunately he died in 1970 without seeing his dream fulfilled. /5
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http://paoddities.blogspot.com/2017/12/remembering-chief-fireway-last.html
Unfortunately he died in 1970 without seeing his dream fulfilled. /5
#IndigenousPeoplesDay #History
http://paoddities.blogspot.com/2017/12/remembering-chief-fireway-last.html
This #IndigenousPeoplesDay we remember the #Susquehannock, an important nation in North American, #Maryland, and #HowardCounty #history. /6
