Maine Memory Network

Purse seining off Swan's Island, 1999

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: 1999 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Roger May and fellow fishermen purse seining, Swan's Island, 1999

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: 1999 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

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.

Civil War Soldiers Impact Pittsfield

Although not everyone in town supported the war effort, more than 200 Pittsfield men served in Civil War regiments. Several reminders of their service remain in the town.

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"Purse seining off Swan's Island, 1999Swan's Island Historical Society Roger May and fellow fishermen purse seining, Swan's Island, 1999Swan's…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"… Chouacoet, and the sea Wabanaki beaded purse, ca. 1870Hudson Museum, Univ. of Maine Biddeford's earliest inhabitants have many names."

Making the wapi-kuhkukhahs / Snowy Owl basket
by Gabriel Frey and Gal Frey

A story of a mother and son artistic collaboration.

Mali Agat (Molly Ockett) the famous Wabanaki "Doctress"
by Maine Historical Society

Pigwacket Molly Ockett, healing, and cultural ecological knowledge