Keywords: Indian guides
Item 100435
Poling up the West Branch, Penobscot River, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Norcross Heritage Trust Date: circa 1920 Location: T1 R9 WELS Media: Photographic print
Item 80729
Wabanaki guides with canoes, Bar Harbor, 1881
Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: 1881 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Stereograph
Exhibit
Visitors to the Maine woods in the early twentieth century often recorded their adventures in private diaries or journals and in photographs. Their remembrances of canoeing, camping, hunting and fishing helped equate Maine with wilderness.
Exhibit
Holding up the Sky: Wabanaki people, culture, history, and art
Learn about Native diplomacy and obligation by exploring 13,000 years of Wabanaki residence in Maine through 17th century treaties, historic items, and contemporary artworks—from ash baskets to high fashion. Wabanaki voices contextualize present-day relevance and repercussions of 400 years of shared histories between Wabanakis and settlers to their region.
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment
"… also stopped by the encampment to hire Indian guides for canoe outings or sport-hunting, to place special orders for items such as personalized…"
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters
"… Joe Pierpoll, Princeton, Maine, the best Indian guide in the Schoodic waters. Two nice canoes and good accommodations for six persons."
Story
The Journey Home
by Gina Brooks
I am a Maliseet artist from the St. Mary’s First Nation, my work is about our connection to the land
Story
A New Beginning for Wabanaki Land Relationships
by John Banks
Wabanaki leadership in land stewardship
