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Historical Items

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Item 17430

Gala Day, Indian Island, 1921

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1921-06-27 Location: Indian Island Media: Postcard

Item 73619

Annette Glenn, Deering Oaks, Portland, 1924

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1924 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 70074

Indian Island, Old Town, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1935 Location: Old Town Media: Linen texture postcard

Online Exhibits

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Indians at the Centennial

Passamaquoddy Indians from Washington County traveled to Portland in 1920 to take part in the Maine Centennial Exposition. They set up an "Indian Village" at Deering Oaks Park.

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Gifts From Gluskabe: Maine Indian Artforms

According to legend, the Great Spirit created Gluskabe, who shaped the world of the Native People of Maine, and taught them how to use and respect the land and the resources around them. This exhibit celebrates the gifts of Gluskabe with Maine Indian art works from the early nineteenth to mid twentieth centuries.

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Amazing! Maine Stories

These stories -- that stretch from 1999 back to 1759 -- take you from an amusement park to the halls of Congress. There are inventors, artists, showmen, a railway agent, a man whose civic endeavors helped shape Portland, a man devoted to the pursuit of peace and one known for his military exploits, Maine's first novelist, a woman who recorded everyday life in detail, and an Indian who survived a British attack.

Site Pages

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Arvida Hayford, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… that Hayford was a staunch Democrat and was the Indian agent for the Penobscot Indians in the 1840s for several years."

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 6, pages 97-113

"Godfrey Hannibal Hamlin Indian Regatta Stephen Stanislaus Sebattis Saul Sebattis Solomon J. M. Sockalexis John Fransoway Mitchel Peol Susup Sappiel…"