Geography
The Piscataway were settled on the north bank of Potomac River in what is now Prince George's County, Maryland, according to John Smith's 1608 map. Their settlements appear in that same area on maps through 1700. The Piscataway independently inhabit part of their traditional homelands on the Western Shore of Maryland's Chesapeake Bay in the areas of Charles County, Prince George's County, and St. Mary's County, located near two metropolitan areas, Baltimore and Washington, D.C. None of the tribes has a reservation.
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