Maine Memory Network

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 2 of 6

"… Pejepscot Proprietors claim was heavily based on Native titles, their main rival, the Kennebec Proprietors claim was founded on an ancient grant of…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 5 of 13

"Baskets were made locally, usually by Native Americans. The strips of wood used to make these baskets came from ash trees."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Further Reading

"Greer, Allan. Property and Dispossession: Natives, Empires and Land in Early Modern North America. Cambridge, United Kindgom: Cambridge University…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 1 of 5

"… is the author of "The Common Pot: The Recovery of Native Space in the Northeast" (University of Minnesota Press, 2008) and "Our Beloved Kin: A New…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 1 of 4

"… and others—so our responsibilities to these places remain ever-present, even though for non-Natives it may seem like long ago, or irrelevant."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Introduction

"The historian Fannie Hardy Eckstorm wrote that Native Americans named the Souadabscook Stream, which in their language meant “sloping ledge stream."…"

Hudson Museum

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 6 of 6

"Lisa Brooks, The Common Pot: The Recovery of Native Space in the Northeast (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2008)."

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"… Historical Society by Dana Bulba The Abenaki Native Americans lived peacefully in Norridgewock and the surrounding areas before the Europeans came…"

Frye Island Historical Society

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Historic Hallowell - Wood Ashes or Gold Dust?

"… anything of value left? The economy of early non-native settlers was built on the barter system. Hard currency was scarce."

Skowhegan Community History - Lakewood Theater

"In previous years, it had been a Native American settlement. Later that year, the park became formally known as Lakewood Theater."

Moosehead Historical Society

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Partners

"… adhering to the NEH's Code of Ethics Related to Native Americans. The Zooniverse X The Zooniverse is the world’s largest and most popular…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"In 1676, the conflict between the natives, who had been generally welcoming, and the European settlers in New England became known as King Philip’s…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"Native Americans referred to both the river and the area as Segochet, “a pleasant place,” but Captain George Waymouth, an early English navigator…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"A native of Byfield, Massachusetts, Cleaveland graduated from Harvard in 1799 and taught mathematics there until he joined the Bowdoin College…"

Bar Harbor Historical Society

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 1 of 7

"… University where he specializes in Colonial and Native American history in New England. He is the author of "Properties of Empire: Indians…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"… 1776, Betsy Ross, often known as the maker of the American Flag, reported that she had sewed the first American Flag."

Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens

"… on the use of New England vernacular forms and native materials such as wood shingles and local stone."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"The Native Americans of this tribe had for generations past roamed the wilds of this region from Merrymeeting Bay to Moosehead Lake in peace and…"

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"Skowhegan Island provided an important stopping place for the Native Americans. It was a place where they could fish, plant corn, and harvest corn on…"

Westport Island History Committee

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