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Category: People, Native Americans

Historical Items

These results include photographs, documents, letters, paintings, artifacts, and many other kinds of Maine related items from collections around the state and elsewhere.


Item 7330

Indian Raid on Casco Bay, 1676

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1676-09-13 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9213

Derivations of the name Peter Paul within the Abenaki community, 1960

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1960-06-13 Location: Woodstock Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9305

Indian loyalty oath, 1684

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1684 Location: Brunswick Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10033

Passamaquoddy group at Pleasant Point, 1906

Contributed by: Nylander Museum Date: 1906 Location: Perry Media: Photographic print

Item 16491

Metacom of Pokanoket or "King Philip", 1881

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1676 Media: Ink on paper

Item 16688

Nine Children in Costumes, Sanford, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative

Item 25675

List of tribes and chiefs, 1726

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1726 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 27004

Native American Pottery Shard

Contributed by: Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Date: circa 500 Location: Bristol Media: Clay

Item 28643

John Bear Mitchell, 'Glooskap, the Great Chief,' 2008

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2008-01-09 Location: Orono Media: Audio recording (born digital), MP3

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Item 28644

John Bear Mitchell, 'The Year Summer Was Stolen,' 2008

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2008-01-09 Location: Orono Media: Audio recording (born digital), MP3

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Item 28651

The Woman and the Serpent, ca. 1884

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1884 Media: Ink on paper

Item 28652

The Indian Puck, or Robin Good-Fellow, ca. 1884

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1884 Media: Ink on paper

Item 28656

Glooskap Turning a Man Into a Cedar Tree, ca. 1884

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1884 Media: Ink on paper

Item 105037

Root club, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Media: Wood

Item 105829

Clara Neptune, Old Town, 1912

Courtesy of John Fitzgerald, an individual partner Date: 1912 Location: Indian Island; Old Town Media: Photographic Print

Item 99340

Lucretia Day to Kiah Sewall, Portland, 1830

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1830 Location: Portland; New York Media: Ink on paper

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Item 6239

Passamaquoddy basket, Clara and Rocky Keezer, ca. 1993

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1993 Location: Perry Media: Split ash and sweet grass, Digital photograph

Item 6802

Purse with fabric woven by Mali Agat, ca. 1785

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1785 Location: Bethel Media: Porcupine quills, hemp, wool, silver

Item 7505

Indian thimble, ca. 1800

Contributed by: Norridgewock Historical Society Date: circa 1800 Location: Norridgewock Media: Animal skin

Item 7534

Wabanaki axe, Mount Kineo, ca. 1000

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1000 Location: Mt. Kineo; Rockwood Media: Stone

Item 7536

Wampum beads, East Machias, ca. 1000

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1000 Location: East Machias Media: Shell

Item 7539

Indian pipe, East Machias, ca. 1000

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1000 Location: East Machias Media: Stone

Item 7543

Native American grooved axe head, ca. 1000

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1000 Location: Newcastle Media: Stone

Item 7607

Rev. John Sawyer letter on Indian Mission, Bangor, 1811

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1811-01-27 Location: Bangor Media: Ink on paper

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