Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"So plentiful were lobsters that Native-Americans used them for crop fertilizer and fish bait, as well as food for themselves; early settlers…"

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 1 of 2

"Cole. Lovell native Eastman Johnson was one of nineteenth century America’s leading portrait and genre artists."

Early Maine Photography - Portland Photographers

"1850Maine Historical Society A Portland native, Howe made many daguerreotype portraits in the 1850s, including eleven in the Collection."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - A Short History of Mount Desert Island

"It was first inhabited by native peoples. Then it was “discovered” by colonial settlers, who were so taken with the attractions of the place that…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Welcome to the town of Blue Hill!

"From the first Native Americans who settled near the sheltered waters to the present day, farmers, fishermen, merchants, educators, artists, summer…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Northeast Harbor: Rustic to Rusticators

"Area land was purchased from the Natives for amounts of rum, and birch bark deeds were given the buyers. Mt."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 1 of 4

"Research at a burial ground on Mill Island where Roundy and Wood first landed indicate that the native American presence here dated back to almost…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 2 of 6

"For Maine proprietors, “Indian deeds” signed with Native peoples in the seventeenth century became an important element of the argument."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Development of an Island-wide Identity

"… for its natural beauty, the resilience of its native people, and the contributions of those who have made it their new home."

Abbe Museum

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Introduction

"Long before the settlement of Hampden, the native people named places for characteristics that they observed in their natural surroundings."

Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family

"Sylvia’s mother’s name was Mary, who was half white, half Native American. Sylvia lost both her parents at a young age and was later adopted by a…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 6 of 6

"Lisa Brooks, The Common Pot: The Recovery of Native Space in the Northeast (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2008)."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Partners

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 1 of 4

"… and others—so our responsibilities to these places remain ever-present, even though for non-Natives it may seem like long ago, or irrelevant."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Home

"… represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities; and adheres of the NEH’s Code of Ethics related to Native Americans. X"

Lincoln, Maine - Frederick A. Edwards

"… and one called "The Flag of ’62." This Lincoln native was the Principal Musician with the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery in the Civil War."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"In 1676, the conflict between the natives, who had been generally welcoming, and the European settlers in New England became known as King Philip’s…"

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"… after John Neptune, Governor of the Penobscot Native American tribe. The steamboat was owned by the Penobscot Navigation Company."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 1 of 5

"… is the author of "The Common Pot: The Recovery of Native Space in the Northeast" (University of Minnesota Press, 2008) and "Our Beloved Kin: A New…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"Native people who made their lives on or near Mount Desert Island lived in groups of several extended families, in houses made of birch bark."

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

"… and language activism demonstrates in 2022, Native peoples remain fundamentally invested in their sovereignty and the imposition of the…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 4 of 4

"… Greely Institute In 1858, one of Cumberland’s native sons left the sum of $27,500 to the town for the establishment of a school for young people…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3

"… beauty,” Crosby’s affectionate nickname for native brook trout, in Mt. Blue Stream. Cornelia Crosby, Moosehead Lake, ca."