Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family

"Stephen probably made changes to the Penobscot people and to people in the area to ensure a better life style for them while he served his eight year…"

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"The steamboat was owned by the Penobscot Navigation Company. William Moor and his brother Daniel Moor Jr. navigated the first steamboat."

Hudson Museum

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"… claim he was from the Penobscot or Androscoggin tribes. In 1793, he was one of several Indians asked to determine the boundaries of certain lands…"

Music in Maine - Opera, Orchestras and Stages

"The State of Maine finally extended Federal suffrage to the Penobscot Nation in 1955, where Lucy cast the first ballot."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"Penobscot Chief Joseph Orono X The Penobscot and, to a lesser extent, Passamaquoddy were known visitors to Swan’s Island."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 6, pages 97-113

"Ten members of the Penobscot tribe paddled the canoes.   Part 6, pages 97-113 Topics and personalities include: Irish immigrants Brig. Gen."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Performance

"… on the island had forced most of the Native tribes including the Wabanaki, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot, into poverty."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…

"She recollects, “The Indians of the Penobscot Tribe . . . were always camping around the fresh water ponds…."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 3 of 4

"… were 'managing' for 150 years), and with a diminishment of Tribal sovereignty based on clauses in the Act treating tribes as 'municipalities.'"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters

"Louis Mitchell of the Passamaquoddy tribe of Indians will have during the season, at the shore between Suminsby’s and Steamboat Wharf, Bar Harbor, a…"

Abbe Museum

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 2 of 4

"… seventy years of State and Federal dealings with Tribes, and attempts at reconciliation, justice, and healing."

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

"… of Maine was home to members of the Abenaki tribe, who, together with the Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Mi’kmaq and Penobscot Indians, were members of…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… inhabitants, members of the Passamaquoddy tribe, who made seasonal encampments at Seward’s Neck (North Lubec) during the spring smelt run, gathered…"