Pictured above front row (left to right): Commissioner Amanda M. Stewart, M.Ed. (District 3); Commissioner Debra M. Davis, Esq. (District 2); Commissioner Vice President Ken Robinson (District 1); Francis Gray, Tribal Chair of the Piscataway Conoy Tribe; Commissioner Bobby Rucci (District 4); and Commissioner President Peter F. Murphy.
Charles County, MD – The Charles County Commissioners proclaimed November 2015 as American Indian Heritage Month in Charles County. American Indian Heritage Month began as a day of recognition of American Indians in 1915, and is now an annual recognition, marked with educational and celebratory activities throughout the United States.
The indigenous people of North America —the First Americans — have woven rich and diverse threads into the tapestry of our Nation’s heritage.
The Piscataway Indians, indigenous to southern Maryland, continue to reside and thrive in areas where first contact was made with the English colonists in the early 1600s. The Piscataway were major contributors in agriculture, housing, fishing, and hunting in the region, which was invaluable to the first Europeans in America, and helped to secure their establishment in the area.
Charles County values our tribal communities, and supports their voice in our local, state, and national policy debates.