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My Maine Stories
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Margaret Moxa's Blanket Coat
by Jennifer Neptune
A contemporary artwork in memory of Penobscots murdered for scalp bounties.
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The Wall
by Michael Uhl
What it means to have beaten the odds
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Mali Agat (Molly Ockett) the famous Wabanaki "Doctress"
by Maine Historical Society
Pigwacket Molly Ockett, healing, and cultural ecological knowledge
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Wikpiyik: The Basket Tree
by Darren Ranco
Countering the Emerald Ash Borer with Wabanaki Ecological Knowledge
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Dancing through barriers
by Garrett Stewart
My Dad performed on the Dave Astor Show in Portland during the civil rights era.
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Princess Watahwaso
by Jason Pardilla (Penobscot)
A story about Lucy Nicolar Poolaw (1882-1869)
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I work as a Journeyman Mechanic, or Millwright at Catalyst
by Linda Deane
Working on a paper machine and as a Millwright can be challenging as a woman and a Union Rep.
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Tracers
by anonymous
tracers, bonding, and fixations
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Canadian immigrant founds worlds largest paper company in 1898
by Hugh J. Chisholm
Hugh J. Chisholm founded International Paper, which was the world's largest paper company in 1898.
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Masters and apprentices
by Theresa Secord
Wabanaki basket makers learn to weave by apprenticing with master artists.
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Hooch Mum and my Vietnam service
by Jim Barrows
A poem about being a medic, saving Vietnamese people and babies. Sometimes we trusted too much.
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Learning to fly and instructing cadets at West Point during WWII
by Vera Cleaves
West Point during World War II
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My Vietnam service detailed in Life Magazine
by Henry B. Severance III
My company's service was documented by war photographer Catherine Leroy in Life Magazine.
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In 1970 I served in Vietnam, and sent my parents a package
by Peter P. Joyce Jr.
My Parents' war story
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C19 on Pine Point Beach
by Beth, Scarborough
Cancer patient experience during pandemic
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Cleaning Fish or How Grandfather and Grandmother got by
by Randy Randall
Grandfather and Grandmother subsisted on the fish Grandfather caught, not always legally.
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We will remember
by Sam Kelley
My service in the Vietnam War
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Classroom Time Capsule
by Anna Bennett
On March 12, 2020, I left my classroom not knowing I wouldn't return again for months.
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Serving in Vietnam with Richard Hershel Green
by Peter P. Joyce Jr.
Don't get close to the new guy
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Dan Gagne: The story behind Biddeford’s legendary speed skater
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Stories from a competitive athlete with countless awards and contributions to his community
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An enjoyable conference, Portland 2021
by John C. Decker, Danville, Pennsylvania
Some snippets from a 4-day conference by transportation historians in Portland, September 7-11, 2021
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In an Old, Abandoned Island House, I Found my Mentor and my Muse
by Robin Clifford Wood
An aspiring writer finds inspiration and a mentor from the past in an old island home.
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A New Beginning for Wabanaki Land Relationships
by John Banks
Wabanaki leadership in land stewardship
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Rematriation
by Alivia Moore
Our shared future for all people in Wabanakiyik calls us to rematriate.