Category: Piscataway History

Bridging 2014 and 2025: Re-mapping the Beaven–Piscataway Line from DNA, Documents, Lived Experience and Ceremony

TL;DR. In 2014, the groundbreaking Potter study showed Native-American-tagged DNA connecting descendants believed to be from Mary Kittamaquund (or other/unknown Piscataway ancestor) through the Beaven/Brent and Marsham/Queen lines. Over the past decade I have preserved the communications and receipts—including GEDmatch screenshots, cousin emails, and land-record citations—and now leveraged ChatGPT to re/run, analyze, interpret, and archive..

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The Flickering Flame — Life and Legacy of Chief Turkey Tayac

The story of the man who led the Piscataway Indian Nation and their revitalization in the 20th century. From his childhood and service in WWI to his work as an herbalist and traditionalist who embraced the advent of the American Indian Movement, to his last days and the campaign to have him buried in a..

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