Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment

"… Wabanaki village to peruse and purchase handmade baskets and a host of other wares. In addition to goods that could be carried away in hand, some…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes Indian encampment, Bar Harbor, 1881Abbe Museum All the cooking at the Indian encampment is done…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Wabanaki Today

"The Festival is a market for selling baskets and other Wabanaki crafts, but it is also an opportunity for tribal members from far reaching…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…

"… taught him how to make snowshoes, woodsplint baskets, and a scoop net for fishing. Other settlers followed."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"They made baskets and other useful items to trade for food and other necessary items. Many Indian tribes in Maine were nomadic, traveling to the…"

Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… ash tool handles, canoes and paddles, and the ash baskets for the potato industry. With mechanization of logging and potato farming, the tribe’s…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"May baskets were hung on doors every single year. There was a drama club that would perform at Chase Hall a couple of times a year."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… pick berries, dig for clams, pick sweet grass for baskets and split ash for containers. This practice continued into the 1930s and ‘40s, until it…"