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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Passamaquoddy Hereditary Chief Francis Joseph Neptune

"Passamaquoddy Hereditary Chief Francis Joseph Neptune Essay by Donald Soctomah Description of Pagan and Chipman’s Meetings with Francis Joseph…"

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

"… X The Penobscot and, to a lesser extent, Passamaquoddy were known visitors to Swan’s Island."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - People

"… by Francis Joseph Neptune, Cobscook River, 1798 Map by cartographer Chief Francis Joseph Neptune (Passamaquoddy), 1798Maine Historical Society"

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St. Croix Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - In the beginning, there were the Wabanaki…

"We think it hard that you settle the lands that God gave us without making us some consideration. -Passamaquoddy Chief Abowadwonit (1763)."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Wabanaki Today

"Clara and Rocky Keezer, Passamaquoddy, selling their baskets at the Native American Festival, 2010. (Photo by Dee Lustusky) X Wabanaki dancers…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 4 of 5

"A handful of land schemes in Passamaquoddy Bay sprang up under the jurisdiction of Nova Scotia in the late 1760s and 1770s, but they were small, and…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters

"Louis Mitchell of the Passamaquoddy tribe of Indians will have during the season, at the shore between Suminsby’s and Steamboat Wharf, Bar Harbor, a…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 5 of 5

"… of the rivers, streams, and harbors flowing into Passamaquoddy Bay as, possibly, the Saint Croix. This lack of consensus highlighted a fundamental…"

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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 3 of 5

"… established which of the rivers that flowed into Passamaquoddy Bay was actually the St. Croix intended in 1783."

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Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… History Text by Jennifer Multhopp Pre-1700s • Passamaquoddy encampments in North Lubec – shell middens found on South Bay and Mill Creek."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 1 of 5

"For example, in 1604, Passamaquoddy Bay was the site of one of the first French overwintering settlements in the Americas under an expedition led by…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 2 of 5

"… Deeds and Failed Colonies Islands in Passamaquoddy Bay, ca. 1800Maine Historical Society Initially, however, the primary legacy of these…"

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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 2 of 5

"… at the eastern end of the border (a survey of Passamaquoddy Bay by John Mitchell) and in the west (treaties with the Chenussio and Seneca, both…"

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

"… of Wabanaki Nations in Maine: Penobscot and Passamaquoddys in the 1970s, Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians in 1980, and Mi’kmaq Nation in 1991; the…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Performance

"… most of the Native tribes including the Wabanaki, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot, into poverty. A substantial class gradient emerged, with natives at…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment

"… Commission Rusticators were curious about the Passamaquoddy and Penobscot families who encamped every summer at Bar Harbor."

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - 1925 National Governors' Association Convention

"… Shenandoah, which took them from Bar Harbor to Passamaquoddy Bay, to Mt. Katahdin, Moosehead Lake, Rangley Lake, as well as various other locations…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII Fishing and shipbuilding led the state of Maine into its “Golden Economic Age” in the 1850s, as…"

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

"Welcome to Swan's Island! Burnt Coat Harbor X Swan's Island, a six mile ferry ride out of Bass Harbor in Mount Desert Island, is the current…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry

"Baird's Quarry Swan's Island granite was quarried at sites around the island, providing work for many laborers and the businesses that supported…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Student genealogy

"Student genealogy Fritz Johnson, Swan's Island, ca. 1925Swan's Island Historical Society As members of a small island school, many of Swan's…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs Left with no reliable connection to the mainland and few secure sources…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Sports

"Sports Organized Sports Swan's Island softball team, ca. 1978Swan's Island Historical Society Much as the 1950s were all about the Brooklyn…"