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Photo Essay: State Of Mind: Becoming Maine, Maine Historical Society

Maine History

The separation from Massachusetts in 1820 had different meanings and implications for residents grounded in geography, culture, race, and economic standing. Understanding that the history of how Maine became a state is rooted in the stories of people, State of Mind: Becoming Maine focuses on four distinct communities—Wabanaki, Acadien French, Black, and English-speaking people all who have deep ties to the land now known as Maine. While multitudes of distinct cultural communities have, and continue to call Maine home, the Wabanaki have cared for this land for millennia. The French, Black, and English-speaking people have resided here since the early …

Umaine News Bilingual Signage — English And Penobscot — Now At Umaine, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing & Communications

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Screenshot of the UMaine News webpage featuring a story regarding the fact that new University of Maine building and road signage on campus was now bilingual, English and Penobscot.

Letter To Dr. Frank G. Speck 1941, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm

Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers

A letter from Fannie Hardy Eckstorm to Dr. Frank G. Speck discussing minks, moose wool and porpoise hunting. Digitized from Box 1, Folder 137, of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers.

Two Unpublished Stories By Fannie Hardy Eckstorm, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm

Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers

Two unpublished stories by Eckstorm, "Concerning the Questionable Loyalty of Big Sabattis" and "On Oldtown Falls". The stories are undated. Digitized from Box 2, Folder 20, of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers. Documents that did not pertain to Native Americans in Maine were not digitized and were not included in this file.

Letter To Mr. Wheelwright 1925, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm

Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers

Letter to a Mr. Wheelwright discussing variations of the word Nokomis (grandmother). Digitized from Box 1, Folder 142, of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers.

Correspondence From Wingate F. Cram 1938-1939, Wingate F. Cram

Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers

Correspondence from Wingate F. Cram concerning Indian names for streams and rivers which were digitized from Box 1, Folder 27, of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers. Documents that did not pertain to Native Americans in Maine were not digitized and were not included in this file.

Letter From Robert E. Pike, 1938, Robert E. Pike

Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers

A letter from Robert E. Pike of the State Teachers College, Minot, North Dakota requesting any information about epitaphs on Indian graves in the Orono/Oldtown area. Digitized from Box 1 Folder 80 of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers.

Letter From Stephen Laurent 1936, Stephen Laurent

Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers

Correspondence from Stephen Laurent, son of Chief Joseph Laurent, to Fannie Hardy Eckstorm concerning the Abenaki dialect, which was digitized from Box 1 folder 59, of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers. Documents from this folder that did not pertain to Native Americans in Maine were not scanned and are not included in this file

Book Review Of Antiquities Of The New England Indians 1936, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm

Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers

Original draft of a book review of Antiquities of the New England Indians: with Notes on the Ancient Cultures of the Adjacent Territory by Charles C. Willoughby. Published in the New England Quarterly.

Digitized from Box 2, Folder 1, of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers.

Eckstorm, Fannie Hardy. “The New England Quarterly.” The New England Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 2, 1936, pp. 346–348. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/360403.

Letter To Mary Cabot Wheelright 1930, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm

Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers

A letter to Miss Wheelwright regarding silver jewelry and other items for sale by Mrs. Littlefield and Lewey Mitchell. Digitized from Box 1, Folder 143 of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers.

Correspondence To Dr. Charles E. Banks 1930, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm

Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers

Three letters to Dr. Charles E. Banks discussing variations of place names for river outlets to the ocean, and the similarity of these names to Saco. Also a discussion of place names associated with "red paint" or iron ore, an example being Olamon. Digitized from Box 1, Folder 109, of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers.

Note On An Article In Harper's Monthly Magazine June 1931, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm

Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers

A note to the editor of Harper's Magazine regarding an incorrect translation of a place name by "Brendan Lee" in an article on fishing in Maine.

The article in question is:

Lee, Brendan. “The Incompleat Angler.” Harper's Monthly Magazine, June 1931, pp. 109–118.

Letter To Lucius L. Hubbard 1927, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm

Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers

Letter to Lucius L. Hubbard regarding a story "Onaway" and a few Indian place names. Digitized from Box 1, Folder 125, of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers.

Maine Indian Legends 1917, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm

Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers

Notes for a lecture delivered before a club in Bucksport about 1917. Stories about Glooscap and the animals. Digitized from Box 2, Folder 21, of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers.

Indian Trails Of Maine 1920, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm

Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers

Notes for a lecture to the Nineteenth Century Club, Bangor, October 29,1920. A discussion of major travel routes, both water ways for canoes and over land trails. Digitized from Box 2, Folder 23, of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers.

Old Louis Annance And His Decendants, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm

Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers

An account of Louis Annance of the "St. Francis Tribe". Compiled by Eckstorm from several popular accounts. Digitized from Box 2, Folder 13, of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers.

Poem About Chief Orono - Undated, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm

Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers

A short poem about Chief Joseph Orono and a hand written note describing a game piece for the bowl and dice game. Digitized from Box 4, Folder 20, of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers. Documents that did not pertain to Native Americans in Maine were not digitized and were not included in this file.

The Indian Place-Name Wasaumkeag 1932, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm

Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers

A paper read before the Bangor Historical Society, probably January 1932. A discussion of the meaning of the place-name Wasaumkeag , and an accounting of historical sources of information about its meaning. Digitized from Box 2, Folder 32, of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers.

Correspondence From Lewey Mitchell To Mary Cabot Wheelwright And Fannie Hardy Eckstorm 1929-1930, Lewey Mitchell

Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers

Correspondence from Lewey Mitchell to Mary Cabot Wheelwright and Fannie Hardy Eckstorm regarding the sale of traditional Passamaquoddy tales and other items. Digitized from Box 1, Folder 70, of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers.

Photo Of Joseph Attien With Description - Undated, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm

Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers

A photograph of Chief Joseph Attien of the Penobscots together with a hand-written description. Digitized from Box 4, Folder 35, of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers. Documents that did not pertain to Native Americans in Maine were not digitized and were not included in this file.

Some Of Dartmouth's Indian Students - Undated, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm

Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers

A recounting of the history of some Native-American children who were educated at Dartmouth and other New England schools. Digitized from Box 4, Folder 43, of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers.

Correspondence From Charlotte E. Hobbs To Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Ca. 1935 And 1939, Charlotte E. Hobbs

Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers

Manuscript letters from Charlotte E. Hobbs regarding the Indians on the Arnold expedition, and the Indian named Paugus. Digitized from Box 1, Folder 55 of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers. Transcription produced by the DigitalMaine Transcription Project.

Maine Indian Legends - Undated, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm

Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers

Notes for a talk before a club in Newport, Maine containing a variety of stories from Abenaki mythology. Digitized from Box 2, Folder 35, of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers.

Was The “S” For Silent?: The Maine Indian Land Claims And Senator Edmund S. Muskie, Joseph Hall

Maine History

This article explores the work of one of Maine’s most powerful politicians, U.S. Senator Edmund Muskie, during one of Maine’s most difficult political crises, the Maine Indian Land Claims of the 1970s. In 1972, when Penobscots and Passamaquoddies challenged the legality of land sales conducted from 1794 to 1833, they called into question the legal title of the northern two-thirds of the State of Maine. Tom Tureen, the lawyer for the tribes, and Governor James Longley and State Attorney General Joseph Brennan, the state officials leading the case for Maine, played central roles in the case. Muskie played a crucial, …

Correspondence From William Brooks Cabot, 1930-1946, William B. Cabot

Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers

Correspondence from William Cabot concerning Indian languages, culture, and history, which were digitized from Box 1, Folder 17, of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers. Documents that did not pertain to Native Americans in Maine were not digitized and were not included in this file.

Correspondence With Dr. Charles E. Banks, 1915-1931, Charles E. Banks, Fannie H. Eckstorm

Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers

Correspondence between Charles E. Banks and Fannie Hardy Eckstorm concerning Indian vocabulary and place names in Maine, which were digitized from Box 1 folder 5, of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers. Documents from this folder that did not pertain to Native Americans in Maine were not scanned and are not included in this file.

The Maine Indian Land Claim Settlement: A Personal Recollection, John M.R. Paterson

Maine History

From 1971 to 1980, the state of Maine grappled with one of the greatest legal challenges ever before it. That challenge had its origin in a suit brought by the Penobscot and Passamaquoddy tribes against the U.S. Department of the Interior seeking the seemingly simple declaration that the department owed a fiduciary duty to the tribes based on a federal law adopted in 1790. That suit was eventually to lead to a suit by the U.S. Department of Justice against the state of Maine, and potentially 350,000 residents in the eastern two-thirds of the state, seeking return of land taken …

A Narrow Escape: A Penobscot Riverdriver’S Perilous Adventure, From The Bangor Whig And Courier, July 9,1875., David C. Smith

Maine History

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Eastern Abenaki Autonomy And French Frustrations, 1745-1760, David L. Ghere

Maine History

Most Abenaki Indians became French allies between 1745 and 1760, but in effect it was English policy that ultimately drove them into this alliance. While the Western Abenakis were generally reliable allies, French officials were repeatedly frustrated by their limited influence over the Eastern Abenakis and by the restrained reaction of these Indians to English provocations. Eastern Abenakis became reluctant French allies.

Orono: The Great Sachem, James B. Vickery

Maine History

This article is a summary of the known facts of the life of Sachem Orono.