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Evidence Of Jessakkidds At Machiasport, Roger B. Ray Jan 1994

Evidence Of Jessakkidds At Machiasport, Roger B. Ray

Maine History

Jessakkidds are powerful and prestigious members of an Ojibiua religious society. Evidence of their appearance in eastern Maine - signaling anxiety among the Native peoples of the area - can be found in petroglyphs, etched in rock on the shores of Holmes Bay. In this article Roger B. Ray con nects the symbols in the Sprague-site petro glyphs with the turmoil at the end of the Laurentian Tradition way of life.

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