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Description
Pauline Shay, a member of the Penobscot Nation, petitioned Governor Baxter in executive session asking to, "rid the city school on Indian Island in Old Town of all religious control or to have permission given for her sister Violet to attend the mainland schools."
As a result of Pauline Shay's request, in September 1923, the state's superintendent of schools, Augustus O. Thomas, ordered that the text books used on Indian Island be changed to reflect those on the mainland, but to allow the religious sisters to continue their work as teachers. The story was reported in the October 7, 1923 Portland Sunday Telegram.
The Shay family were prolific basketmakers and supported their educational efforts through sales of their work.
About This Item
- Title: Pauline Shay holding picnic basket, Portland, 1923
- Creator: Portland Press Herald
- Creation Date: 1923
- Subject Date: 1923
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Locations:
- Indian Island, Old Town, Penobscot County, ME
- Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Glass plate
- Dimensions: 10.8 cm x 8.3 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 1949, 2005.061.6950
- Collection: Portland Press Herald glass negative collection
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Indians of North America--Maine--Baskets
- Indians of North America--Maine--Penobscot Indians--Women
- Penobscot Indians
- Wabanaki Indians
People
Other Keywords
- Advocates
- American Indians
- Basketry
- Baskets
- Native Americans
- Penobscot Indian Nation
- Shea
- Wabanaki
- Weavers
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Pauline Shay holding an unfinished basket, Portland, 1923
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