Beyond the South End

Maine Native American History References

Following are some more references, besides the ones I’ve given you in the three-part series on Maine Native Americans. Check with your local librarian; book store; historical society; or the Maine Historical Society or the Maine Memory Network for their availability. If I know where to find them I will mention it.

From Amazon:

Maine Indians, by Carole Marsh, paperback, $7.95

Maine Native Americans

From Tilbury House Publishers:

Unsettled Past, Unsettled Future, The Story of Maine Indians, by Neal Rolde

For Languages:

www.native-language.org/maine.htm

You Tube: Check out YouTube for many videos on Native Americans in general. I have already mentioned some in the series.

Children:

www.bigorrin.org/penobscot_kids.htm  Also substitute Passamaquoddy for Penobscot. There are books here for children which discusses Our States’ Chiefs, Tribes, Reservations, Powwows, Lore and more from the past and present.

From:

www.familysearch.com

• Masta, Henry Lorne, Abenaki Indian Legends, Grammar and Place Names (Victoriaville, Quebec:LaVoix de Bois-Frances, c1932) At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL book 970.3 Ab71m

• Whitney, Seth Harding, The Kennebec Valley (Tucson, Arizona:W.C. Cox, 1974) At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL film 1000057 item 1

• Penobscot Nation Tribal Committee, Census of the Penobscot tribe of Indians : as compiled by the tribal comittee on February 11, 1971, at Indian Island, Maine (Indian Island, Maine:[s.n.], 1971) FHL book 970.3 P386p

• Speck, Frank Gouldsmith, Penobscot Man : the Life History of a Forest Tribe in Maine (Ann Arbor, Michigan : Xerox University Microfilms, 1974) At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL film 1009059 item 1

• American Friends Service Committee, The Wabanakis of Maine and the Maritimes : a resource book about Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, Maliseet, Micmac and Abenaki Indians (Philadelphi, Pennsylvania : American Friends Service Committe, c1989) {{WorldCat| FHL book 970.3 Ab71w

• Leger, Sister Mary Celeste, The Catholic Indian missions in Maine, 1611-1820 : a dissertation submitted to the faculty of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Washington (DC) : Catholic University of America, 1929) FHL book 970.1 L524c

• Lorraine Henry (Rainwaters) and Jane Curtis Joseph Waters, Native American Directory of : Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Wisconsin At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL book 970.1 H396n

These references and the others I have given you previously should be a good basis for your study of Maine Native American History. I hope you have enjoyed my period of enlightenment. I have learned about a whole new aspect of our past history in the State of Maine and have the greatest respect for our own Native Americans.