YORK, Pa. — Penn State York’s free Cultural Series continues when the Piscataway Indian Nation Singers and Dancers perform at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 3, in the campus’ Pullo Family Performing Arts Center (The Pullo Center). The Cultural Series is sponsored by the student affairs office at Penn State York and is free and open to the public. No tickets are required for the show.
At the time of Columbus, as many as 10 million Native Americans lived in North America. A succession of Algonquian people ultimately coalesced into the Piscataway Nation of the Chesapeake and Tidewater regions of Maryland. The Piscataway were the first Native Americans to encounter Captain John Smith along the banks of the Potomac River in 1608. Today, Mark Tayac and the Piscataway Nation Singers and Dancers carry on the longstanding traditions, culture and heritage of their indigenous ancestors.
Tayac travels with the Piscataway Nation Singers and Dancers presenting a colorful, educational and entertaining pow-wow-style campus event, featuring American Indian dance, drums, and song.
In addition to their many college campus appearances, the Piscataway Nation Singers & Dancers are frequent contributors to TV specials on the History Channel and Discovery Channel and appear regularly at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., national pow-wows and major festivals.
For information regarding ticketed performances at The Pullo Center, please call (717) 505-8900 or visit them on the Web at pullocenter.york.psu.edu.