Our Historic Territory.

The historical territory of the Conestoga-Susquehannock was vast, ranging from what is now southern New York, through central Pennsylvania all the way down to Maryland. There is also evidence to suggest that displaced Susquehannock peoples inhabited northern Virginia and West Virginia at some point after the destruction of the central Susquehannock settlement at Conestoga town. During this time of extreme violence there were also displaced Susquehannock who escaped to Maryland and were recorded as Native American there, and Susquehannock who migrated west to Ohio, becoming known as the Mingo people, an intertribal community that would eventually evolve into the Seneca Cayuga Nation of Oklahoma.

The Susquehannock were once the largest tribe in the state of Pennsylvania, both by population and geographic territory. The diaspora of this massive community during the extreme violence of colonization is extremely complex, and little is understood or documented about what exactly took place. Those who were documented and their descendants make up our modern community.

To learn more about our historical territory and to see it overlaid on modern maps please visit the Native Land project.