Talk:Accokeek Creek Site

Photos
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Rename
Should this page be renamed Moyoane? I probably visited the site in Piscataway Park yesterday, and took pictures, but have reservations about posting them. First, I wanted to confirm with people who know that I went to the right place, which isn't well-marked, probably because of the significance to local Native Americans, who might have recently held ceremonies and changed the photograph of their fairly recent Chief Turkey Tayac (who helped save the area from development). A large wind-shaped evergreen tree (sorry I don't know the species, maybe juniper?) stood at the center of four posts, each of which held a flag--red, white, yellow and black. Nearby was a possibly temporary circular building in the tribe's style (excavated dirt floor; sapling posts covered by blankets and tarps) with the entrance facing away from the Potomac River but toward a fire-pit with burned logs. Rocks delineated the path between them. The field in which this lay seemed otherwise unremarkable (harvested, with a portapotty near one edge). I spoke with a couple of interpreters at the nearby nature center, as well as a U.S. Park Police officer relatively new to this beat. I learned the tribe has recently been recognized, but by whom is a question, with numerous signs near driveways about this being the Moyoane reservation.

For what it's worth, the Accokeek library was closed for the holiday, and I'm unsure whether I'll be in town next Saturday afternoon/evening for their Winter fair, after which time the park's interpretive center will close for the winter. The Alice Fergusen foundation is located next to the current native heritage site, and the Park Service interpretive plaque near that trailhead mentions the land as having been donated to the Park by that foundation. It also mentions that the NPS established the park primarily to protect views from Mt. Vernon across the Potomac River. I understand that foundation doesn't invite public contacts, and most nearby interpretive signs concerned ecological subjects.

I also don't know whether this tribe has attempted to build gambling sites nearby--I think the Maryland or Prince Georges' County referendum a few seasons ago concerned the National Harbor development, but I may be wrong.Jweaver28 (talk) 20:06, 30 November 2013 (UTC)
 * (1) I would not support renaming the article unless the Park Service uses that name. (2) Philip Proctor's (aka "Turkey Tayac") son's group got state recognition via a governor's decree a few years back, but cannot qualify for federal recognition due to a lack of provable Indian ancestry. (3) One or more of the other Piscataway factions have sought gambling with no success, but I haven't heard of the Proctors ("Tayacs") going for it. It's not possible without federal recognition and state acquiescence, so it's probably never going to happen.Pokey5945 (talk) 02:48, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

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