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Wabanaki Access To Sweetgrass (Hierochloe Odorata) Within Coastal Maine's Diminishing Open Land Tradition, Amanda Marie Ellis Dec 2016

Wabanaki Access To Sweetgrass (Hierochloe Odorata) Within Coastal Maine's Diminishing Open Land Tradition, Amanda Marie Ellis

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Nontimber forest products (NTFPs), refer to a class of resources (i.e. moss, fungi, mushrooms, plants, etc.) gathered in both rural and urban landscapes. NTFPs are utilized by a variety of cultures all over the world and are a critical part of medicinal, spiritual, dietary, and economic practices. In fact, some NTFP species are so critical to people that they are considered ‘cultural keystone species’ (Garibaldi and Turner 2004). This designation means that without access to the NTFP, cultural survival is at risk. This is the case in Maine where the Wabanaki, a confederacy of four tribes (Passamaqouddy, Penobscot, Mikmaq, and …


The Mount Katahdin Peaks: The First 12 Women Climbers, 1849-1855, William W. Geller Oct 2016

The Mount Katahdin Peaks: The First 12 Women Climbers, 1849-1855, William W. Geller

Maine History Documents

This article traces the chronology of the first twelve women to climb Mount Katahdin in Maine, using historical accounts and clues to identify women mentioned only with pseudonyms in newspaper accounts during the era of 1849 to 1855.


Maine Women's Giving Tree Quarterly Review Vol. 1 No. 1 (2016), Maine Women's Giving Tree Staff Jun 2016

Maine Women's Giving Tree Quarterly Review Vol. 1 No. 1 (2016), Maine Women's Giving Tree Staff

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Log Driving On The West Branch Of The Penobscot River: An Addendum To Alfred Hempstead's Book The Penobscot Boom And The Development Of The West Branch Of The Penobscot River For Log Driving, William W. Geller Jan 2016

Log Driving On The West Branch Of The Penobscot River: An Addendum To Alfred Hempstead's Book The Penobscot Boom And The Development Of The West Branch Of The Penobscot River For Log Driving, William W. Geller

Maine History Documents

Alfred Hempstead’s late 1920’s research on logging on the West Branch of the Penobscot and its tributaries resulted in his publication of The Penobscot Boom and The Development of the West Branch of The Penobscot River for Log Driving in 1930. No other publication containing such a collection of information preceded his work and none have been printed since. Hempstead’s research, which is frequently cited, focused on determining when logging began on the river and each of its main tributaries, how loggers worked in cooperation with each other, and what they needed for infrastructure for the drives. In some situations …