Summary: This piece marks the nine-year anniversary of my return to Moyaone — the sacred Piscataway burial grounds — and the passing of my grandmother on November 14, 2016. It continues the work of the Piscataway DNA Project, tracing the Beaven–Brent–Dorsett–Culver lines back to the earliest English–Piscataway alliance in 17th-century Maryland. Drawing on DNA findings,..
Category: Piscataway History
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..
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..