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Keywords: Wabanaki Indians
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Item 80705
Title: Wabanaki encampment, Bar Harbor, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Abbe Museum
Date: 1904
Location: Bar Harbor
Media: postcard
Item 80706
Title: Wabanaki encampment, ca. 988 BCE
Contributed by: Abbe Museum
Date: 1989
Media: Acrylic on paper
Item 80721
Title: Wabanaki family inside tent, Bar Harbor, ca. 1885
Contributed by: Maine Historic Preservation Commission
Date: circa 1885
Location: Bar Harbor
Media: Stereoview, albumen print
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Creation and other cultural tales are important to framing a culture's beliefs and values -- and passing those on. The Wabanaki -- Maliseet, Micmac, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot -- Indians of Maine and Nova Scotia tell stories of a cultural hero/creator, a giant who lived among them and who promised to return.
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Gifts From Gluskabe: Maine Indian Artforms
According to legend, the Great Spirit created Gluskabe, who shaped the world of the Native People of Maine, and taught them how to use and respect the land and the resources around them. This exhibit celebrates the gifts of Gluskabe with Maine Indian art works from the early nineteenth to mid twentieth centuries.
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When Europeans arrived in North America and disrupted traditional Native American patterns of life, they also offered other opportunities: trade goods for furs. The fur trade had mixed results for the Wabanaki.