Maine
Aboriginal Political Representation: A Review of Several Jurisdictions
Alternate Title
Background Paper (Law and Government Division, Parliamentary Library) ;
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Peter Niemczak
Description
Briefly looks at efforts made in Maine, Scandinavia, New Zealand and Canada to provide some form of political representation which would increase Aboriginals' ability to influence government operations.
1994 version.
Aboriginal Political Representation: A Review of Several Jurisdictions
Alternate Title
Background Paper (Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ; BP-359E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Peter Niemczak
Célia Justras
Description
Briefly looks at experiences in Maine, New Zealand, Australia, and the Sami parliaments, with more in-depth look at the Canadian context.
2008 version.
Aboriginal Representation in Government: A Comparative Examination
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jennifer Schmidt
Description
Study examines three options that have been recommended for improving Aboriginal representation at the federal level in Canada. Looks at examples from Maine, New Zealand, and the Sami parliaments in Finland, Norway, and Sweden.
American Indians Abroad: The Mythical Travels of Mrs. Penobscot and King Hendrick
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alden T. Vaughan
New England Quarterly, vol. 80, no. 2, June 2007, pp. 299-316
Description
Discusses how neither the portraits of Mrs. Penobscot nor King Hendrick were representative of an American Indian that travelled to England.
Basketry as Economic Enterprise and Cultural Revitalization: The Case of the Wabanaki Tribes of Maine
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa K. Neuman
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 25, no. 2, Fall, 2010, pp. 89-106
Description
Discussion on basketmaking as a viable economic alternative to gambling and as a assertion of tribal sovereignty, by continuing Wabanaki traditions.
Beyond the Mandate: Continuing the Conversation: Report of the Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth & Reconciliation Commission
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth & Reconciliation Commission
Description
Describes the process, findings and recommendations of the Commission which investigated whether Native American children continue to be disproportionately removed from their families and homes.
The Dance of the Passamaquoddy: A Cultural Study of the Passamaquoddy Tribe Portrayed through the Metaphor of Traditional Dance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David J. Saab
Description
Author explores different aspects of Passamaquoddy society and culture using several different traditional dances as a mode of discussion.
Prepared for GINTC 7102 Cultural Specialization Class, Lesley College.
Scroll down to read article.
The Differentiation Between the Penobscot and the Canadian Abenaki Dialects
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J. Dyneley Prince
American Anthropologist, vol. 4, no. 1, New Series, January-March 1902, pp. 17-32
Description
Analysis of the similarities and differences in variations of Algonkin spoken by these two groups in Maine and Quebec.
The "Disappearance" of the Abenaki in Western Maine: Political Organization and Ethnocentric Assumptions
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David L. Ghere
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 1, Spring, 1993, pp. 193-207
Description
Article examines the ways that the settler colonial narrative “erased” the reality that members of the Abenaki nation continued to reside in Western Maine following Dummer’s War (1722-1727) and present evidence to support this case.
Forty-Third Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1925-1926
E-Books
Author/Creator
J. Walter Fewkes
Description
Report includes the following papers:
Report of the Chief by J. Walter Fewkes
The Osage Tribe: Two Versions of the Child-Naming Rite by Francis La Flesche
Wawenock Myth Texts from Maine by Frank G. Speck
Native Tribes and Dialects of Connecticut: A Mohegan-Pequot Diary by Frank G. Speck
Picuris Children's Stories by John P. Harrington and Helen H. Roberts
Iroquoian Cosmology - Second Part by J. N. B. Hewitt
Hypertension Prevalence among Penobscot Indians of Indian Island, Maine
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ronald D. Deprez
Elizabeth Miller
Suzanne K. Hart
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 75, no. 6, June 1985, pp. 653-654
Description
Study found the prevalence of hypertension, measured on a random sample of Penobscot Indian adults on reservation in Maine, was 23%.
Indian Storyteller in the Mainstream: Henry Perley of Maine and the Pulp Fiction Market, 1910-1930
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dale Potts
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 24, no. 3, Fall, 2012, pp. 53-70
Description
Looks at a prolific author who used his wilderness experience to write about the Native American experience in the United States.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 53.
Koluskap: Stories from Wolastoqiyik
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Wolastoqiyik Executive Committee
New Brunswick Museum
Description
Wolastoqiyik, French, English site about the Maliseet people including their stories, historical perceptions, creative traditions, bibliography and games.
A "Labyrinth of Uncertainties": Penobscot River Islands, Land Assignments, and Indigenous Women Proprietors in Nineteenth-Century Maine
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Micha A. Pawling
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 4, Fall, 2018, pp. 454-487
Description
Article explores the unique structure of land tenure developed within the Penobscot Nation; this dual land system allowed for both private lots and land held in commons, it also allowed married Indigenous women to own property in the 1800s.
Maine Indigenous Education Left Behind: A Call for Anti-Racist Conviction as Political Will Toward Decolonization
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rebecca Sockbeson
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 58, no. 3, Fall, 2019, pp. 105-129
Description
Discusses the Wabananki Studies Law, calling for the teaching of the Indigenous people and communities in Maine.
Mistranslations and Misinformation: Diplomacy on the Maine Frontier, 1725 to 1755
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David L. Ghere
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 8, no. 4, 1984, pp. 3-26
Description
Article focuses on the Dummer's Treaty provisions concerning English land ownership, sovereignty and the Anglo-Abenaki alliance.
New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues: The First Vocabulary Ever Published in the Abenakis Language ...
Alternate Title
New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues: The First Ever Published on the Grammatical System
New Familiar Abnakis and English Dialogues: The First Vocabulary Ever Published in the Abnakis Language ...
E-Books
Author/Creator
Joseph Laurent
Description
"Comprising: the Abenakis alphabet, the key to the pronunciation and many grammatical explanations, also synoptical illustrations showing the numerous modifications of the Abenakis verb, &c. : to which is added the etymology of Indian names of certain localities, rivers, lakes, &c., &c."
"Now ... Didn't Our People Laugh?" Female Misbehavior and Algonquian Culture in Mary Rowlandson's Captivity and Restauration
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura Arnold
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 4, 1997, pp. 1-28
Description
Argues that a closer look at humour, in the work of Rowlandson, provides readers with a greater understanding of the Algonquian side of early cross-cultural relations and reveals the ways in which cultural discomfort and disharmony are not rare, but rather integral concepts for early American identity.
Out of the Woods: The Making of the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dean J. Kotlowski
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 4, 2006, pp. 63-97
Description
Examines the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act signed in 1980 by President Jimmy Carter with the Passamaquoddies and the Penobscots, signifing the first major success in their effort to reclaim land.
Passadumkeag, a Red Paint Cemetery, Thirty-Five Years after Moorehead
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wendell S. Hadlock
Theodore Stern
American Antiquity, vol. 14, no. 2, October 1948, pp. 98-103
Description
Describes further excavations of the Red Paint Burial complex after Moorehead's 1913 report in the book Archaeology of Maine
Rapid Postglacial Shoreline Changes in the Western Gulf of Maine and the Paleo-Indian Environment
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert N. Oldale
American Antiquity, vol. 50, no. 1, January 1985, pp. 145-150
Description
Discusses the climate changes between 11,000 and 3,000 B.C. that may have forced people to rely on nonmarine resources.
Reptile Lore of the Northern Indians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frank G. Speck
Journal of American Folklore, vol. 36, no. 141, July-September 1923, pp. 273-280
Description
Author discusses his understanding of the attitudes toward, relationships held, and some stories told about snakes and amphibians.
Restricting Fishing Rights, Undermining Tribal Sovereignty
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Agnes Portalweska
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 2, We are Still Here: Tribes in New England Stand Their Ground, June 2014, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the conflict between the State of Maine and the Passamoquoddy people over their inherent right to fish.
Reviving Passamaquoddy: A Community Finds Healing in Its Own Words
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Meg Holladay
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 4, Free, Prior, and Informed Consent, December 2012, p. [?]
Description
Discusses Language Keepers project which includes the development and production of a new dictionary, audio recordings, and a video archive of natural group conversations.