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LC Subject Heading: Indians of North America

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 23438

Penobscot band basket, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Hudson Museum, Univ. of Maine Date: circa 1860 Media: Ash

Item 23489

Birchbark bucket, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Hudson Museum, Univ. of Maine Date: 1900 Media: Birchbark

Item 23495

Birchbark wastebasket, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Hudson Museum, Univ. of Maine Date: circa 1900 Media: Birchbark

Item 80715

Fancy porcupine-weave basket, Penobscot, 1862

Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: 1862 Location: Brewer Media: Ash

Item 80728

Frank "Big Thunder" Loring, Bar Harbor, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: circa 1890 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Stereograph

Item 80749

Berry basket, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Mount Desert Media: Birch bark, ash, sweetgrass, pine

Item 80751

Crooked knife, Penobscot, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: circa 1850 Media: Hardwood, leather, metal

Item 80753

Basket block, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: circa 1860 Media: Spruce

Item 80755

Miniature canoe, ca. 1893

Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: circa 1893 Location: Pleasant Point; Perry Media: Birchbark, ash, cedar

Item 5275

Wabanaki participants at the Maine Centennial, Portland, 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1920-06-30 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 5495

Athian Lewey, West Grand Lake, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Media: Photographic print

Item 5749

John Sawyer letter to Rev. William Jenks about Penobscot agriculture, 1810

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1810-11-30 Location: Bangor Media: Paper

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Item 5764

William Lithgow to Spencer Phips on treaties with Wabanaki Tribes, 1751

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1751-07-09 Location: Richmond Media: Paper

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Item 6547

Kickapoo medicine show, Fryeburg Fair, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Fryeburg Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Fryeburg Media: Photoprint

Item 7287

Wesumbe deed, Nov. 28, 1668

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1668-11-28 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 7348

Deed from Warrabitta and Nanateonett to George Munjoy, 1666

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1666-06-04 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 7534

Wabanaki axe, Mount Kineo, ca. 1000

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

Item 7580

Letter from Oliver Brown to Abiel Holmes, 1825

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1825-11-17 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9884

Lanier Camp, Eliot, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Eliot Media: Photoprint

Item 10033

Passamaquoddy group at Pleasant Point, 1906

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

Item 13307

Letter of Introduction to Choctaw Nation, 1842

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1842-06-21 Location: North Fairfield Media: Ink on paper

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Item 13308

Henry Hinsdale letter on Indians, abolition, New York, 1841

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1841-11-02 Location: North Fairfield; Paris Media: Ink on paper

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Item 14405

Carrying Basket, Micmac, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: circa 1870 Media: Ash

Item 14411

Sewing Basket, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: circa 1930 Media: Ash, sweetgrass, Hong Kong cord