Native American Heritage Month And Community Updates - Issue #53
Native American Heritage Month And Community Updates - Issue #53
Note: Here is a list of Native American events: See the link here: https://nativeamericanheritagemonth.gov/
Native American Heritage Month
Like most states on this land, Maryland has a rich history of Native American heritage. Indigenous people are the first people and stewards of this land.
Prince George's and Southern Maryland belonged to the Piscataway people. What isn't wildly talked about is the enslavement of Indigenous people in New England and in the mid-Atlantic.
The counties that are stained with the color yellow are the areas where the Piscataway people lived, and where some still live. The Maryland State Arts Council's website has a cool website that allows you to view where each tribe in that state lived and lives. Baltimore also has a thriving Indigenous community.
From the Maryland State Arts Council:
The pre-colonial Indigenous history of the place now known as Baltimore City is not very clear. The written record begins in 1608 with English explorer John Smith, who stated that the Patapsco River was uninhabited. Archaeological work in and around present-day Baltimore City demonstrates Indigenous living sites dating between 10,000 BCE and 1600 CE, with artifacts that can perhaps be identified as deriving from the ancestors of peoples now known as the Piscataway. Sites at and upstream of the fall line -- the geological dividing line between the piedmont and the coastal plain -- suggest that, like their kin further south, the people of the Patapsco migrated seasonally, planting downstream in the spring and summer at permanent town sites and hunting upstream in the winter at temporary sites.
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Today, American Indians from across North America live in Baltimore. The Baltimore American Indian Center, the 2017 recipient of the Heritage Award in the category of place, provides these Baltimore-based tribal individuals and communities with weekly culture classes, pow wows, meeting space, and more. Of note, the City and County are home to a large diasporic community of Lumbee people, whose traditional lands are in present-day North Carolina. To learn more about the Lumbee and other Baltimore-based urban Indian communities, visit the Ashley Minner Collection in the Maryland Traditions Archives at UMBC.
Lastly, the Prince George's County Memorial Library's website leads to you to a wealth of information about Indigenous people before they made contact with Europeans.
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Community Events
On Nov. 4 - Board of Ethics meeting (virtual and in-person)
To join the Board of Ethics Meeting, please use the link below or in person. The meeting will be held at 9201 Basil Court, Suite 155, Largo, MD 20774 from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact OEA at 301-883-3445.
Click here to sign up virtually. Also, here is the BOE agenda.
Nov. 8 - Certification & Compliance System Training
An introductory system overview training on how to navigate through CCS. CCS is the Certification & Compliance System managed by the Office of Central Services for businesses to register as prospective vendors. Attendees will learn how to navigate the system with ease and efficiency. The training will assist businesses with completing vendor questionnaires, navigating dashboards, searching directories, and managing vendor profiles.
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Email: OCSContractCompliance@co.pg.md.us
Link: Register in advance
Nov. 9 - Board of Registration for Building Contractors Meeting
General board meeting and applications review.
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Address: 9400 Peppercorn Place Largo, MD 20774 Room 124
Contact: 301-636-2038
Nov. 11 - County government offices, with the exception of public safety agencies, will be closed on Friday, November 11, 2022, in observance of Veterans Day.
Open/Collections
Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill
Brown Station Road Public Convenience Drop-off Center
Missouri Avenue Solid Waste Acceptance and Recycling Drop-off Center
Prince George’s County Materials Recycling Facility (1000 Ritchie Road)
Prince George’s County Organics Composting Facility
Residential Organics and Yard Trim Collections (Regular collections occur Monday, November 7)
Closed
Animal Services Facility & Adoption Center (3750 Brown Station Road)
Electronics Recycling Acceptance Site (Located at the Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill; Only open Thursday, Friday, and Saturday)
Household Hazardous Waste Acceptance Site (Located at the Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill; Only open Thursday, Friday, and Saturday)
No Collection/Rescheduled
Bulky Trash Collection (White goods/appliances and scrap tires) By appointment only; Scheduled collections resume November 14.
Curbside Recycling Collection in County-Contracted Areas (Tuesday, November 8 through Friday, November 11)
Curbside Bulky Trash Collection in County-Contracted Areas (Tuesday, November 8 through Friday, November 11)
Trash Collection in County-Contracted Areas (Tuesday, November 7 through Friday, November 11)
TheBus, a public transit service operated by the Prince George’s County Department of Public Works and Transportation (DPW&T), will operate on Friday, November 11, 2022. Route 51X will operate due to the pedestrian bridge closure. Additionally, the County’s Call-A-Bus and PGC Link services, including dialysis transportation, will not operate on Friday, November 11, 2022. Regular operations of the Call-A-Bus and PGC Link services will resume on Monday, November 14, 2022.
The Department of Permitting, Inspections, and Enforcement (DPIE) will be closed on Friday, November 11, 2022. Regular business hours will resume on Monday, November 14, 2022.
Also, PGC311 will be closed on Friday, November 11, 2022, and will resume regular operations on Monday, November 14, 2022. However, residents can still submit service/issue requests online at www.countyclick311.com/.