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Historical Items

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Item 14426

Bell-shaped Sewing Basket

Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: circa 1981 Location: Odanak Media: Ash, sweetgrass

Item 14424

Sewing Basket, ca. 1980

Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: circa 1980 Location: Odanak Media: Ash, sweetgrass, dye

Item 17721

Louis Annance, Greenville, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Greenville Media: Ink on paper

Online Exhibits

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Designing Acadia

For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.

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State of Mind: Becoming Maine

The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?

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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 Pages

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… the not remote past, served as a highway for the Abenakis.” (The Sandy River & Its Valley, Vincent York) Although the early Indian settlements were…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Early Settlement While members of the Abenaki lived seasonally in the area of Bath, no permanent Native American villages occupied the site."

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Music in Maine - MAKE

"… Maliseet, Mi’kmaq, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, and Abenaki Nations, connects to storytelling, history, spirituality, dance, healing, and artistic…"