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102:, and Native American. "Some members of the Piscataway Indian groups now consider the name Wesort derogatory." Historian Frank Sweet lists "Wesorts" as among a group of "derogatory epithets given by mainstream society, not self-labels". However, "Wesort" is listed as a self-identified "Other race" on the
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In the early 1930s, weekend-farmer Alice
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Piscataway people. Over the years, she gave most of the remains, the bones from about 467 individuals, to the
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577:Susquehannock language
344:The Wished For Country
243:Sims, Leah C. (n.d.).
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459:Assateague
231:References
160:Mattawoman
56:pejorative
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141:reviewed
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