Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… Native Americans The Deep History of Presque Isle Text by: David Putnam In 1978, as a result of the proposal to construct the Aroostook Centre…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"(T) "A Timeline of Native American Culture." Home: The story of Maine. Maine Public Broadcasting Network. Web. 1 Jan 2010."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"We did similar things to the Native Americans here. And, frankly, ten years after Malaga Island was destroyed, the largest Ku Klux Klan rally in the…"

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

"The settlers encroached on the native hunting grounds and set nets which interfered with their fishing."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"Six natives were killed and 15 wounded. In 1718 the area of west Saco and Winter Harbor became a separate town with the name of Biddeford, after the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 1 of 2

"They traveled up river and spent time among the native villages, where they were treated with kindness and generosity."

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

"However poorly Maine's native peoples faired after contact with Europeans, only the southwestern tribes would disappear altogether--driven from their…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - History Detectives

"History Detectives Native American artifact presentation Special guest Barbara Francis teaches the History Detectives club about uses of Native…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Welcome to Strong

"Pierpole, a Native American living in the area when the white settlers arrived, referred to it as “middle town” on the Mussul Unsquit, his name for…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - People

"From the beginnings with Native Americans to lumbering and agriculture in the 1800s up to the present day, Presque Isle citizens have met…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Wabanaki Today

"… by Dee Lustusky) X Wabanaki dancers at the Native American Festival, 2008. (Photo by Anna Travers) X Chris Sockalexis performs with Rez…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Performance

"By the 1800s, white settlement on the island had forced most of the Native tribes including the Wabanaki, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot, into poverty."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"… like that of many Maine towns, starts with Native American settlers. In 1780, an Indian named Pierpole moved to the area that is now Strong."

Davistown Museum

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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…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"… was a source of food and materials for many Native Americans who used the island as a seasonal, and perhaps permanent, home."

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…"

Western Maine Cultural Alliance

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Welcome to Swan's Island!

"From Native American shell middens to the rusted remains of quarrying equipment, Swan's Island holds a living history of the industries that have…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Student Narrative of MDI History

"… heaps found on the island tell of encampments by Native Americans – the Abnaki. There is no written information from this time period but…"

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 - The Stanislaus Family

"… 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 Penobscot…"

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."

Abbe Museum

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