Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Catholic Church

"By the mid-1800s, the Penobscot Indians had been practicing Catholicism for years, after being converted by European settlers."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 2 of 2

"… with the native peoples, especially for furs, but relations with area bands were uneasy. The settlers encroached on the native hunting grounds and…"

Lincoln, Maine - Benjamin Chesley

"… Chesley moved to Lincoln in 1822 or 1823 on the Indian Trail that linked Old Town to Lincoln and many other cities in Maine as well."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… paddle up the Penobscot River, walk the ancient Indian footpaths while fording the streams, or trek beside ox-drawn wagons over river ice."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Papers, 1627‐1866

"… of unexpected yet related documents, such as “Indian captivity” depositions; documents pertaining to the Newburyport, Mass privateer Sea Flower…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Canoe race, Kenduskeag Stream, Bangor, 1865

"… parade and observances in Bangor, ten Penobscot Indians in five birchbark canoes engaged in a race on the Kenduskeag Stream."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 3 of 4

"… in what is now Maine, and led to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980. A Conference between Wabanaki Leaders and Governor Belcher…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rusticators on the Rise

"Anthropologists conducted research at the Indian encampment while stunningly wealthy capitalists focused on conspicuous socializing or devoted…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder

"… was a performer, producer, and promoter of “Indian entertainments,” and his name appeared in dozens of newspapers across New England, especially…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 2 of 4

"… in the 1970s, Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians in 1980, and Mi’kmaq Nation in 1991; the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980; and recent…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 1 of 7

"He is the author of "Properties of Empire: Indians, Colonists, and Land Speculators on the New England Frontier" (2019). Coll. 60, vol."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… was little to support the theory that any band of Indians had ever been indigenous to Aroostook County, except perhaps after 1790 when white…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - About Us

"… & Tim Garrity, Mount Desert Historical Society Indians & Rusticators - Julia Clark & Phe Crampton, Abbe Museum Theatre - Jodi Baker & Taylor…"

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"… Kennebec was a throughfare for traveling bands of Indians, including the Abenaki tribe of Algonquins."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 2 of 5

"… or Iroquois, tribes) negotiated with Indian Superintendent William Johnson at Johnson Hall in New York and even further west at Fort Niagara. The…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"And then there was Uphannum, or Indian Jane, daughter of the Sagamore of Owascoag, the Indian's name for Scarborough."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 3 of 5

"St. John and Penobscot Rivers map, 1798Maine Historical Society Settling other issues, especially those in Article 5 that related to the interior…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"… Township) was visited by the Anasagunticook Indians for the purposes of fishing salmon at the “Great Falls.” There is little evidence that there…"

Westport Island History Committee

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 5 of 5

"Properties of Empire: Indians, Colonists, and Land Speculators on the New England Frontier (New York: New York University Press, 2019) Taylor, Alan."

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

"… from David Hutchins were a group of Norridgewock Indians, led by Chief Pierpole. The records show that the few interactions between the two groups…"