Keywords: Penobscot Indian Nation
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Site Pages
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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative
"The beauty of the Penobscot and Kenduskeag Rivers, as first described by Champlain, is again seen as a vital part of the history, heritage, and…"
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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."
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment
"The Indian Encampment Wabanaki family inside tent, Bar Harbor, ca. 1885Maine Historic Preservation Commission Rusticators were curious about…"
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"Wabanaki Indians (especially Passamaquoddies and Penobscots) came to Mount Desert Island seeking relief from the confines of reservation life, along…"
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview
"… paupers, persons under guardianship, and Indians not taxed.” Josiah Farrow represented Islesboro at the convention."
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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…"
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative
"… with the Wawenock, Tarratine and Penobscot Indians. English vessels regularly stopped here before returning to England in order to load their hulls…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Performance
"Early Performance The Indian Village, Bar Harbor, ca. 1909Jesup Memorial Library Frank “Big Thunder” Loring, ca."
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…
"She recollects, “The Indians of the Penobscot Tribe . . . were always camping around the fresh water ponds…."
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters
"… rusticators’ club aspired to having their own Indian-made paddle and birchbark canoe, and many turned to proven experts from the Indian encampment…"
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"In the 1970s, to make clear they did not want a 'nation within a nation,' leaders across all political spectrums ran on platforms decrying, much like…"
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"… Band of Maliseet Indians in 1980, and Mi’kmaq Nation in 1991; the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980; and recent legislative victories…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans
"… included the current Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot Nations. They called the Mikmaqs Souriquois, and the English called them Tarrantines."
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4
"In 1793, he was one of several Indians asked to determine the boundaries of certain lands lying around the Androscoggin River listed in the Pejepscot…"
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"St. John and Penobscot Rivers map, 1798Maine Historical Society Settling other issues, especially those in Article 5 that related to the interior…"
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History
"… pioneers had seen hard service in the French and Indian and Revolutionary Wars, had been inured to hardship, toil, and poverty, and fully realized…"
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"… of the Penobscot, Passamaquoddy and Micmac Indians despite British efforts to enlist their support against the Americans."