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Penobscot Indian Island Reservation (Abenaki: Álənαpe Mə́nəhan) is an Indian reservation for the Penobscot Tribe of Maine, a federally recognized tribe of the Penobscot [2] in Penobscot County, Maine, United States, near Old Town. The population was 758 at the 2020 census.
The island is located in the Penobscot River, between Milford and Old Town. Occupation of the island by the Penobscots has been documented since the 17th century, and the island's archaeological record of human activity goes back at least 7,500 years. [2] Site 74-2 is one of its oldest sites, and is located on a terrace overlooking the river.
The Penobscot Nation is headquartered in Penobscot Indian Island Reservation, Maine. The tribal chief is Kirk Francis. [2] The vice-chief is Bill Thompson. The Penobscot are invited to send a nonvoting representative to the Maine House of Representatives. In 2005, Penobscot Nation began a relationship with Venezuela's government led by Hugo ...
The name Old Town derives from "Indian Old Town", which was the English name for the largest Penobscot Indian village, now known as Indian Island. Located within the city limits but on its own island in the Penobscot River, the reservation is the current and historical home of the Penobscot Nation. [3]
Penobscot Nation Museum: Old Town: Penobscot: Maine Highlands: Native American: website, located on Indian Island, cultural heritage of the Penobscot and Wabanaki people, contemporary Wabanaki art Pettengill Farm: Freeport: Cumberland: Southern Maine Coast: Historic house
Gut Island is a small 2-acre (0.81 ha) island in the Penobscot River, near Old Town and Milford in central Maine.The island, owned by the Penobscot Indian Nation, is archaeologically important, and has been designated Site 74.91 by the Maine Archaeological Survey.
Location of Penobscot County in Maine. This is a list of properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Penobscot County, Maine. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided ...
Lucy Nicolar (Wa-Tah-Wa-So) was born on the Penobscot Indian Island Reservation in Maine, the daughter of Joseph Nicolar and Elizabeth Joseph, both Penobscot. [1] Her father was a lecturer, representative to the Maine Legislature, [2] and writer who published The Life and Traditions of the Red Man (1893). [3]