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The Penobscot Nation, formerly known as the Penobscot Tribe of Maine, is the federally recognized tribe of Penobscot in the United States. [2] They are part of the Wabanaki Confederacy, along with the Abenaki, Passamaquoddy, Wolastoqiyik, and Miꞌkmaq nations, all of whom historically spoke Algonquian languages.
The village was vacant of people, and the soldiers burned it to the ground. [13] Starting in 1775, Condeskeag became the site of treaty negotiations by which the Penobscot people were made to give up almost all their ancestral lands, a process complete by about 1820, when Maine became a state. The tribe was eventually left with only their main ...
The Wabanaki Confederacy (Wabenaki, Wobanaki, translated to "People of the Dawn" or "Easterner"; also: Wabanakia, "Dawnland" [1]) is a North American First Nations and Native American confederation of five principal Eastern Algonquian nations: the Abenaki, Mi'kmaq, Wolastoqiyik, Passamaquoddy (Peskotomahkati) and Penobscot.
Penobscot County: (Abnaki?) tribal name; "place of descending rocks/ledges" Town of Penobscot; Penobscot River; North Branch Penobscot River; West Branch Penobscot River;
Joseph Orono (25 November 1688 — 5 February 1801) [1] was a Penobscot Indian chief or sachem who lived on the Penobscot River in present-day Maine.The town of Orono, Maine, which contains the University of Maine, is named for him.
The Native Americans in the region were brought under French influence by Jean-Vincent d'Abbadie de Saint-Castin, known as Castin in the New England Chronicles, who was a trader who did much to gain influence with the Abenaki, Penobscot, and other local tribes. He settled among them, and married a daughter of Madockawando, a Penobscot chief. [1 ...
Penobscot people (1 C, 20 P) Pages in category "Penobscot" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Louis Sockalexis was born on the Penobscot Indian Island Reservation near Old Town, Maine, in 1871. His grandfather was Chief of the Bear Clan. [2] In his youth, Sockalexis' athletic talents were noticeable. It was reported that Sockalexis could throw a baseball across the Penobscot River from Indian Island to the shore of Old Town. [2]