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Title A name given to the resource The Aroostook Indian (March 1971) Description An account of the resource v. 3, no. 3 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Association of Aroostook Indians Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University of Maine-Orono, Fogler Library Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1971-03 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Julia Brush Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource University of Maine Libraries. Used with permission. We also consulted with the family of editor Tom Battiste, including his sister Marie Battiste and widow Susan Battiste. We thank Desiree Nagy at the University of Maine for making the digitized copies available. 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Title A name given to the resource The Aroostook Indian (May 1970) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Association of Aroostook Indians Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1970-05 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Siobhan Senier Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource University of Maine Libraries. Used with permission. We also consulted with the family of editor Tom Battiste, including his sister Marie Battiste and widow Susan Battiste. We thank Desiree Nagy at the University of Maine for making the digitized copies available. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Document Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 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Title A name given to the resource The Aroostook Indian (May 1971) Description An account of the resource v. 3, no. 5 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Association of Aroostook Indians Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University of Maine-Orono, Fogler Library Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1971-05 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Julia Brush Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource University of Maine Libraries. Used with permission. We also consulted with the family of editor Tom Battiste, including his sister Marie Battiste and widow Susan Battiste. We thank Desiree Nagy at the University of Maine for making the digitized copies available. 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Title A name given to the resource The Aroostook Indian (Nov.-Dec. 1970) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Association of Aroostook Indians Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University of Maine-Orono, Fogler Library Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1970 11-12 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Siobhan Senier Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource University of Maine Libraries. Used with permission. We also consulted with the family of editor Tom Battiste, including his sister Marie Battiste and widow Susan Battiste. We thank Desiree Nagy at the University of Maine for making the digitized copies available. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Document Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 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Title A name given to the resource The Aroostook Indian (November 1971) Description An account of the resource v. 3, no. 11 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Association of Aroostook Indians Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University of Maine-Orono, Fogler Library Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1971-11 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Julia Brush Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource University of Maine Libraries. Used with permission. We also consulted with the family of editor Tom Battiste, including his sister Marie Battiste and widow Susan Battiste. We thank Desiree Nagy at the University of Maine for making the digitized copies available. 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Title A name given to the resource The Aroostook Indian (Oct. 1969) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Association of Aroostook Indians Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University of Maine-Orono, Fogler Library Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1969-10 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Siobhan Senier Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource University of Maine Libraries. Used with permission. We also consulted with the family of editor Tom Battiste, including his sister Marie Battiste and widow Susan Battiste. We thank Desiree Nagy at the University of Maine for making the digitized copies available. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Document Date Created Date of creation of the resource. June 3, 2016 Description An account of the resource The inaugural issue (v. 1, no. 1) of this newsletter. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DV-375 https://www.dawnlandvoices.org/collections/files/original/a0a047278f0c660e42281f62955481cb.pdf b1557da5a17ad97277077a81498165c3 PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mi'kmaq Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Aroostook Indian (Sept.-Oct. 1970) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Association of Aroostook Indians Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University of Maine-Orono, Fogler Library Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1970 09-10 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Siobhan Senier Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource University of Maine Libraries. Used with permission. We also consulted with the family of editor Tom Battiste, including his sister Marie Battiste and widow Susan Battiste. We thank Desiree Nagy at the University of Maine for making the digitized copies available. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Document Date Created Date of creation of the resource. June 3, 2016 Description An account of the resource v. 1, no. 10 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DV-381 https://www.dawnlandvoices.org/collections/files/original/9327a602957f3a3953002e15da53182b.jpg c4731084d9abb592b05f8e6c3f92c1fc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Narragansett Description An account of the resource The Narragansett Indian Tribe has inhabited what is now the state of Rhode Island for over 30,000 years. Federally recognized in 1983, the tribe is now headquartered in Charlestown. In addition to many historic deeds and letters, Narragansett people produced what is probably the first tribal magazine in New England, The Narragansett Dawn, from 1935-36. Today, Narragansett writers include the award-winning journalist John Christian Hopkins, also an inventive novelist; the poet Ella (Brown) Sekatau; and storyteller/author Paulla Dove Jennings. To learn more about Narragansett history and people, visit the tribal website at narragansett-tribe.org, as well as the Tomaquag Indian Memorial Museum in Exeter, RI. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Narragansett Dawn (1935-36) Description An account of the resource The Narragansett Dawn was a monthly newspaper produced by members of the Narragansett tribe in Rhode Island from May 1935 through September 1936. The founders of the paper were Princess Red Wing and Ernest Hazard. They both also produced content for the paper, with Hazard often writing under the pseudonym Eagle Eye. The paper was sold for $0.25 an issue or $1.00 a year by subscription. Its cover bore the official seal of the Narragansett Tribe of Indians and the slogan “We Face East.” Through a total of seventeen issues, The Narragansett Dawn touched upon issues pertaining to the language, culture, religion, politics, and daily life of members of the Narragansett Tribe. While the exact scope of the paper’s readership is difficult to determine, letters published within it show that it attracted attention both within and without the Narragansett community. According to an editorial written by Princess Red Wing, the name The Narragansett Dawn was chosen at a tribal meeting in December 1934 in order to signify “the awakening after so long and black a night of being civilized” (“Our Purpose”). This quote begins to suggest the quietly subversive nature of the paper. The general tone of many of the articles is a sort of defiant and proud resistance to the dominant narratives about Indians in American culture at this time. Native people were often portrayed as savages who needed to be civilized by the stronger hand of white people, to be forcibly taught about Jesus, Shakespeare, and white bread in order to become worthwhile members of society. In response to this depiction of their people, Indians like the founders of the Narragansett Dawn worked to create an image of their communities as close-knit and tradition-based. Moreover, looking to the future, George D. Jordan insisted that, “to preserve the best that was and now is in this culture shall be the primary function of this organization” (“The American Indian”). The Narragansett Dawn was both a way for Red Wing and Hazard to do this in the present and a platform through which they could call upon other Native people and allies to do so in the future. <h4> History</h4> This sort of resistance to the hegemony of white American culture is perhaps explained by a consideration of the history of the Narragansett tribe. The Narragansett tribe was a prominent nation of Native people in Rhode Island and other parts of New England before the arrival of European settlers in the 1600’s. Their cultural values and way of life led them to resist the influence of English settlers in very “passive” ways. Unlike the Pequot nation, who challenged the English in direct combat, the Narragansett people rebelled against the English by going to other tribes and keeping them from signing treaties with the English (Boissevain). They also teamed up with the Dutch to resist the English in 1653. Because of these trends in their history, the Narragansett nation become intermingled with many different bloodlines. For instance, Princess Red Wing, one of the founders of The Narragansett Dawn, was actually only half Narragansett; her mother was Wampanoag (Poon). Partially because of the ubiquity of this blood mingling, the Narragansett tribe was particularly susceptible to the trend of detribalization in the late 1800s. The General Allottment Act, passed in 1887, distributed land previously held by the tribe to settlers and forced many Narragansett people to leave Rhode Island. In addition, the state of Rhode Island claimed that the blood of the members of the Narragansett tribe was not pure enough for them to ever become federally recognized (Geake). In 1934, just before the launch of the Narragansett Dawn, the United States federal government issued the Indian Reorganization Act, which allowed tribes to make claims to land and govern themselves. Since this seemed to reverse some of the effects of the General Allottment Act, the Narragansett Tribe began to believe that they could regain a sense of their own communal identity. Political activists from the Narragansett community spoke out in hopes of reawakening the spirit of their people, who had been so long oppressed and diminished. One such activist was Princess Red Wing, who held tribal events out of her home and initiated the publication of The Narragansett Dawn. In the editorials she wrote for the paper, she invoked the Narragansett people’s pride in response to governmental claims regarding their ancestry and purity. The Narragansett Dawn was therefore a manifestation of a mounting sense of community among the Narragansett people in the 1930’s, as well as a sort of throwback to the passive resistance the tribe championed in its earlier days. <h4> Structure</h4> The Narragansett Dawn was broken into multiple sections, which varied from issue to issue. There were many that were consistent, though. One such section was the Narragansett Tongue, which contained lessons on common vocabulary, such as the names of animals, plants, and types of buildings, in the Narragansett language. A total of thirteen lessons were produced. Another section was Genealogy, which traced the lineage, both paternal and maternal, of significant figures in the Narragansett community. The paper also contained a section that was first named Greetings From Friends and later changed to the Narragansett Mailbox. It was similar to a "letter to the editor" section and contained letters written to the newspaper by its readers, both Indian and non-Indian. The letters mostly served to praise the paper or the tribe, or to express solidarity with its aim of stirring up a sense of community among the Narragansett. The paper also featured identity sections, which described Narragansett items and values that displayed their cultural identity. They appear with varying titles pertaining to the topic, such as "Narragansett Fires" and "Pipe of Peace." There was also a section called Milestones that contained small bits of news, such as the announcement of births, deaths, weddings, and notable visits, that occurred in and around the Narragansett reservation in Rhode Island. There was also a news section called Sunrise News that was written for each issue by the Keeper of Records, a woman named Marion W. Brown. This section contained information on small, notable things that had taken place in the Narragansett community in each respective month. The paper also printed short articles on history, offering a Narragansett perspective on historical events such as the first Thanksgiving and King Phillip’s War. There was also a decent amount of origin Indian poetry published in The Narragansett Dawn. These poems were usually quite short and often dealt with themes related to Narragansett culture and values, religion, and nature. An excerpt from one poem: "All that eye and heart could own / Rich domains to roam at will / When the morning sun went down / See him on his eastern hill” (“The Indian”). This poem, written by a poet called Flying Squirrel, presents an image of pre-colonial Narragansett life as idyllic and profoundly in touch with the natural world. Yet it also laments that this lifestyle is no longer possible after the past three hundred years of history: “Oh his Golden Age hath vanished / Like the moonlight from the hill” (“The Indian”). It therefore presents a less optimistic tone than much of the rest of The Narragansett Dawn, which is focused on the idea of reestablishing a sense of Narragansett identity and preserving the culture for posterity. <h4> Works Cited</h4> "The American Indian." The Narragansett Dawn. Feb 1936. Retrieved 22 April 2013. Boissevain, Ethel. <a href="http://ehis.ebscohost.com.libproxy.unh.edu/ehost/detail?sid=4f9300fe-2154-41c5-b599-39b132b9e543%40sessionmgr110&vid=7&hid=15&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3D%3D#db=aph&AN=7679599">"Narragansett Survival: A Study of Group Persistence Through Adapted Traits"</a>. Ethnohistory 6 (4): 347. Retrieved 15 April 2013. Geake, Robert A. (2011). A History of the Narragansett Tribe of Rhode Island: Keepers of the Bay. Charleston, SC: The History Press. pp. 126–128. <a href="http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?filename=14&article=1004&context=sc_pubs&type=additional">"The Indian"</a>. The Narragansett Dawn. Aug 1936. Retrieved 5 April 2013. <a href="http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?filename=3&article=1004&context=sc_pubs&type=additional">"Our Purpose"</a>. The Narragansett Dawn. Sept. 1936. Retrieved 5 April 2013. Poon, Chris (12 Jul 2003). "Princess Red Wing: Preserver of Native American Traditions". Providence Journal. Redwing, Princess and Ernest Hazard. <a href="http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/sc_pubs/5/">“The Narragansett Dawn"</a>. URI Digital Commons. Retrieved 2 April 2013. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Graham Hayslip, UNH 2013 Katie Gardner, UNH 2014 Ray Hebert, UNH 2014 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1935-36 Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DV-298 https://www.dawnlandvoices.org/collections/files/original/ee3eac4605416b3e935e3fc2f490a1f4.JPG ea29ce87526cb5753583c17e50513ac9 https://www.dawnlandvoices.org/collections/files/original/8865f2c4221ea48afd47110443c06cb0.JPG e1fec9d8f8b1a1e01d3bec2f8ea60703 https://www.dawnlandvoices.org/collections/files/original/514f96d37fab4088cfe4ab140d71b2a3.JPG 22c845a0c18dd43a994900d4665f61ef Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Abenaki Description An account of the resource Traditional Abenaki territory encompasses what is now New Hampshire and Vermont, as well as parts of western Maine, western Massachusetts, and Quebec. The Abenaki people comprise numerous bands and communities. In the United States, at this time, none of those groups is federally recognized. The Canadian government formally recognizes two reserves, at Odanak (St. Francis) and Wolinak (Becancour). Resources <a href="http://tribal.abenakination.com/" target="_blank">Mississquoi Abenaki Tribal Council</a> (VT) <a href="http://www.elnuabenakitribe.org/" target="_blank">Elnu Abenaki Tribe</a> (VT) <a href="http://www.abenakitribe.org/" target="_blank">Nulhegan Abenaki Tribe</a> (VT) <a href="http://koasek-abenaki.com/" target="_blank">Koasek Traditional Band</a> (VT) <a href="http://www.cowasuck.org/" target="_blank">Cowasuck Band of the Pennacook Abenaki</a> (NH) Subject The topic of the resource Abenaki Indians Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Utilitarian Basket (mid-late 1800s) by unknown Abenaki woman Description An account of the resource Farm Basket, mid-late 1800s, Wood Splint, Abenaki, Housed at the Hopkinton Historical Society <h4>The Life of a Basket</h4> <blockquote> waligek abaznoda gagalnemenal/ abaznodakad w’eljial. A good basket holds its maker's hands. (Jesse Bruchac, "Abaznodaal") </blockquote> Baskets are very important in Abenaki culture, and Abenaki linguist Jesse Bruchac's poem describes them as having life within them. Abenaki oral tradition ties the people intimately to baskets by way of the natural materials used to make them. According to ethnohistorian Gordon Day, Western Abenakis believe that “man was created by Tabaldak… he created a couple from living wood who pleased him and who became the ancestors of the Indian race” (218). <h4>Abenaki Language and Baskets</h4> In the Abenaki language, words are categorized as either “animate” or “inanimate.” The word for basket, abaznoda, is inanimate. And yet "inanimate" does not mean "less important." Day explains that “many things are alive that whites commonly regard as inanimate, and every living thing has its own peculiar power, more or less specific in kind and limited in quantity” (218). <a href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~abenaki/Wobanaki/nouns.htm">Elie Joubert</a>, an author and teacher of the Abenaki language, elaborates on this point: an animate noun is “the Abenaki way of expressing connectedness with reverence to living things, celestial bodies, and the creation of all things great and grand on this land. The determination was made long ago, by our ancestors according to their view of the world at that time. We as speakers of the language do not question why one bush is animate and another is inanimate.” <h4>Abenaki Culture in a Basket</h4> The basket pictured here captures these relationships between the people, their history, and their land and resources. Unlike many of the fancy baskets seen in museums, it is a strictly utilitarian item--an unusual find, since baskets of this type were often thrown away. The Hopkinton Historical Society obtained this basket from a local farmer named Ebenezer Morrill (1806-1892), who reported that he got it from a Native woman who camped by the river in Contoocook. In its original description, the Historical Society noted that this basket is sturdy, able to carry heavy items, and that it shows evidence of having been made in relative haste: its splints are not smoothed as they are in more decorative baskets; and its vertical warps are cut off, rather than folded in at the rims. For all the humble nature of its design, this basket is nevertheless a powerful testament to Native people's continuous presence in the Hopkinton area throughout the 1800s, and in New Hampshire more generally, despite the persistent myth that they "vanished" from this state. <h4>Basketmakers Today</h4> Like basketmakers, advocates and teachers of the language like Jesse Bruchac and Elie Joubert are working to ensure that Abenaki culture and will survive through many more generations. These teachers are adapting to new economies and technologies: Bruchac uses media like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN8iTHZeJOw&feature=relmfu">YouTube</a> to document his children learning the language. Just as this utilitarian basket has survived two hundred years, carrying histories of its culture, the Abenaki language has also survived, carrying the stories and knowledge of the people who have lived along the river in Contoocook and in other areas of New England since time immemorial. <h4>Works Cited</h4> Bruchac, Jesse Bowman., Joseph Alfred Elie. Joubert, and Jeanne A. Brink.L8dwaw8gan Wji Abaznodakaw8gan: The Language of Basket Making. Greenfield Center, NY: Bowman, 2010. Print. Day, Gordon M. Title In Search of New England's Native Past: Selected Essays by Gordon M. Day. Univ of Massachusetts Pr, 1999. Print. <div> </div> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Unknown Abenaki woman Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Alexandra Binder, UNH '13 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource mid-late 1800s Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Image used with permission of Hopkinton Historical Society, Hopkinton, NH Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DV-270 https://www.dawnlandvoices.org/collections/files/original/758d0052c4160d3bd278f93b1e25f868.pdf 511274d0ab0a86b266f3e4b3120080ec PDF Text Text Kci woiitahasuwakon Sesuhs peciyat Non-profit Organization W abanaki A llia n ce U .P .S ortage P 3 c aid .1 P it N 1 erm o. 4 O rooo, M e ain D e c e m b e r 1980 Claims funded WASHINGTON — The negotiators of the $81.5 million Penobscot-Passamaquoddy land claims settlem ent are almost home free. As Wabanaki Alliance went to press, the the U.S. Senate passed a bill that bankrolls the federal resolution. Although expected, the funding legisla tion iii'ts a load from tribal leaders7minds. The entire settlem ent has followed a strategy and timetable to conclude all business before President Carter, an avow ed supporter, leaves office. if Carter had not signed the land claims agreement in October, a new administra tion could take over next month with the issue unresolved. In that event., the whole deal would be off, and negotiators would have to start over. A tribal negotiating team has worked long, hard hours for several years; m eeting first with themselves and lawyer Thomas N. Tureen — spearhead o f the claims — and then with federal officials. Finally, state officials and the Maine Legislature became involved, giving swift passage to a settle ment that left them off the hook, financially. The Senate vote, Dec. 1, came on the heels of House approval the w eek before. Tribal negotiating team chairman Andrew X. Akins said he expects Carter to sign the appropriation bill the week of Dec. 15. Akins said he is relieved much o f the struggle for a settlem ent is over. He said it will be “ to the people”of the tribe to up decide how income from a trust, fund is spent. He said the tribes could expect to see a check as early as April. Akins said he anticipates som e discussion about how to disburse, or invest income. Tribal m eetings v/ili be scheduled, and the negotiating team will for the time being remain intact. The Maine Indian claim is the largest, in term s of land acquisition, in U.S. history, according to the a U.S. Department of the Interior official. A sum of $2? million will be held in trusL by the department, for the tribes. The land — 5,000 acres of which will go to Maliseet Indians in Houlton — will be purchased with the remaining $54.5 million. Land has not been finally selected, although several major landholders have made commitments t.o the tribes. Penobscot and Passamaquoddy officials have m et with Dead River Company Elsie Haddock, a Passamaquoddy and lifelong wreath maker. See story page 5. President P. Andrews Nixon, and will likely contract with Dead River for land m anage ment. The contract would stipulate a six month trial period, after which the tribes could cancel or renew the agreement. PLEASANT POINT — More than 200 quoddy Tribe of Indians under the term s Tribal leaders recently toured Dead Passamaquoddy tribal m em bers here o f the recent land claims settlem ent act River’tree farm in Springfield, near Route have signed a petition asking that interest passed by the U.S. C ongress for the s 6. Dead River owns 180,000 acres in Maine, earned on land claims trust monies be benefit o f the Passamaquoddy Tribe shall and manages considerably m ore acreage, given to individuals, and not retained by be divided monthly among the individual according to John Cox, public relations tribal government. m em bers of our Tribe, after the said man. The petition is w orded as follows: monies are received by the Tribal Gover Tureen told a reporter, “ ever before N “ e the undersigned m em bers of the nor and Council, apd not used exclusively W has the legal system returned this much Passamaquoddy Tribe of Indians, residing lor large public tribal projects, involving land after so much time. And for the first at the Pleasant Point reservation in great sums of money with big salaries for time in history, lawyers will not get a big Washington County, petition that the the directors of such tribal public pro piece of the settlement," said Tureen. interest paid annually to the Passama jects." Possomaquoddys want per capita share Election ends retirement for J.H. Nicholas Governor Nicholas at inauguration ceremony. PLEASANT POINT — Joseph Hartley Nicholas, 54, put an end to quiet retire ment from Pratt & Whitney, when he was elected last fall to head the Passama quoddy Tribe. The race for governor was close, with traditionalist Deanna Francis coming within 16 votes of Nicholas’157 ballots. Since taking office Oct. 1, com plete with Governor’ inaugural ball, Nicholas has s sought to unify his people. “ There are two main factions here. They had very strong feelings about it (the election results). I think now things have stabilized. I think after our Lhird or fourth (council) meeting, w e’ managed ve to have a fairly productive meeting." said the Governor, known here simply as “ Hartley." A handsome, vigorous man of strong opinions, Nicholas is the brother of former tribal governor Frances J. Nicholas, and son of Margaret Nicholas, a great grand m other who instilled in her children a pride and self-confidence that is passed from generation to generation. "M other" Nicholas is still active, her opinions at least as strong as her son’ s. Hartley Nicholas said al first, “ wanted I my nephew. Chris Ailvater. to run. I thought that he would do a real good job. He has a degree from UMO. But he wants to get his master’ degree. So when he s declined to run, I accepted the nomination. “ e’ passed som e fairly controversial W ve issues,” Nicholas explained, seated com fortably in the living room of his brand new house, which overlooks Passama quoddy Bay. “ For example, acquisition of the Eastport Water Company. It will (Continued on page 4) Dead River to sell soon BANGOR — The president of Dead River Company said he anticipates com pleting a contract with the Penobscot Nation and Passamaquoddy Tribe in about six weeks. Dead River will manage yet-to-be-ac quired timberlands. purchased through the recent $81.5 million federal settlement of Maine Indian land claims. The Bangor based company will also sell som e lands to the tribes, according to President P. Andrews Nixon. Nixon has consulted with tribal gov ernors Timothy Love. Harold J. Lewey and J. Hartley Nicholas: and tribal officials have Loured Dead River’ tree s farm. Nixon said he would be willing to com ment further, after the contract is final. �’ 2 age Wabanaki Alliance D ecem ber 1980 editorials Chairman Cohen Sen aIor William S. Cohen's impending status as chairman of the enate Select Committee on Indian Affairs may be a foregone con cision. but his activity in that role is open to question. Appointed ranking Republican on the panel two years ago. Cohen anything but an advocate of Indian rights. His philosophy on luians was amply demonstrated in his consistent opposition to ceognizing the validity of Maine Indian land claims — the only ldian legislation in which he is known to have been truly involved. To his credit, he supported passage o f the Penobscot-Passalaquoddy claims in a Senate voice vote, but by that time — last fall - he would have been an obstructionist to do anything else. The Mnnataba Messenger, an Indian weekly in Parker. Arizona, ^served that Cohen "is somewhere between an original redneck and man whose eyes are gradually opening. Will he blink?”We don’ t liieve m name-calling, but we wonder what a man who in 1979 said at he “ wouldn't support (Indian sovereignty) anywhere" will do as ■ airman of a committee that handles most if not all Indian gislation headed for Congress. Although Cohen voted for the negotiated settlement in Maine, he as conspicuously absent from tile signing ceremony at the White ouse, Oct. 1 Also missing were fellow Maine Delegation 0. embers. Representatives David F. Emery and Olympia Snowe. lowe and Emery have been consistently anti-Indian claims. Cohen is plainly not our choice to chair the committee. The mimittee lost a good chairman when Indian advocate Sen. James bourezk of South Dakota retired. Cohen’motives deserve further s rutiny. Vulture warning AT TH E CURB - Maine Atty. Gen. Richard Cohen, left, and his deputy, John Paterson, watt for ride on White House lawn, after w itnessing the President sigD Maine Indian claims act. Quotable H ere’ a language that has survived since the dawn of man — s however long ago that was — it’a living language, and we’ losing s re it. — I. Hartley Nicholas, Governor The Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point The work has just begun. That's what many tribal officials are I see these young people wearing feathers, saying ‘m Indian’ I’ and lying now about the land claims settlement. they can’speak the language. t They are absolutely correct. — Harold J. Lewey, Governor While the struggle to bring the negotiated settlement to a peaceful The Passamaquoddy Tribe at Indian isolution lasted more than a decade, and involved countless Township ilunteer hours and energy, there seems to be no time to relax. In ict, there was hardly time for a victory party, even had negotiators ccn in the mood for jubilation. Now, the hassels begin. W here’ the money going? Who is s andling what, and who makes decisions? What about the swarm of eople who suddenly “ discovered” they are Penobscot or Passalaquoddy, and want a piece of the pie — or to be adopted by a tribe )they arc eligible for a monetary slice. We'll wager there’ a far more dangerous element waiting in the s ings. This element consists of technical experts, tribal consultants, ivestors, sellers of real estate, promoters ... all posing as shepards ho wish to lead the tribe to greener pastures. Only to fleece the idians along the way. It wouldn't be the first time Indians have been taken. Our hope is iat Indians will lead Indians; and even there, tribes must be on lard against fraud and deceit. There are, after all, Indian persons tiling to use and manipulate fellow Indians. So the issue is less a racial one than it is a question of caution and :althv suspicion. We can hear it now: “ Have I got a deal for you!" he salesman has got this unbeatable deal on a Maine resort, and the ibe can have it cheap. The only catch is, the resort has been bankrupt ever since it rened. It’a lemon. You wouldn’touch it with a paddle. s t Instead, let the tribes proceed at their own pace; warily, carefully, ith trusted advice. Let the tribes weigh any venture — be it timber harvesting, iwmiils, blueberry farming or whatever — with this in mind: the �Wabanaki Alliance D ecem ber 1980 Page 3 letters Impressed Young cousins and happy mothers Seneca Blake Stevens, left, is the two-month-old son of T e n McDougall of Indian Island. Domekin Attean McDougall is the seven-month-old son of T e n ’ sister, Janice s McDougall. Both mothers are proud their son6 have Indian names. Tracing A b en ak i Los Angeles To the editor: Do you know of any papers which come from the Abenaki Reserve, Odanak, in the Province of Quebec, Canada? Any information regarding the above or any other information specifically dealing with the Abenaki tribe would be greatly appreciated. Also I wanted to tell you that I enjoy your paper very much. Diane J. Obomsawin 10990 Strathmore Dr. #2 Los Angeles, Calif. 90024 C hauvinism ! Princeton To the editor: Just a note to let you know how much we enjoy reading the Wabanaki Alliance. However, it is I who subscribed to the Wabanaki Alliance with my own hard earned money. Why do you send it in my husband s name? Is this a display of chauvanism! Please correct the subscription. D on’ t w orry — I'll still let my husband read it. Thank you. Lorraine Gabriel Ritter Young and concerned Wingdale, N.Y. To the editor: Recently I was visiting my sister, Geraldine Oliver in Dan forth. Me. We both have been living off the reservation for over 20 years. In the course of reminising and asking how the folks were, my sister brought out her copies of Wabanaki Alliance. I was impressed with your paper and wish to subscribe. Bob Tomah Mattawamkeag T o the editor: Now that former Gov. Reagan will be our next president, I am concerned about several things. For example, the issue about foreign affairs and Iran really bothers me. Are we possibly facing the prospects of a war? Like all young men. I'm con cerned. What about the SALT treaties? Are we going to get the reputation of aban donment? And the hostages — they remain in Iran despite what Carter has tried. D oes Reagan have a special plan for their freedom? Will he attem pt to take them by force? Speaking of force, how is Reagan goin g to increase military spending and cut taxes all at the same time? Is it possible? Tom Vicaire Grade 8 Mattanawcook Junior High School For the cause Pittsburg, N.H. To the editor: I don t know whether I have done any good for the cause, but you have my uncle from Ossipee as a new subscriber, and hopefully a cousin in Texas, and have written a letter to the Manchester Union Leader paper, in behalf of the Alliance. Thank you for a paper for the Indian. I wait for my paper every month, it means a great deal to me and mine. D. D ’ Amboise (Shonebeki) Unhappy with Native center claims accord Ottawa, Ontario, Canada To the editor: For our native people to find and fulfill Lewis burg. Pennsylvania their rightful role in the life of our nation To the editor: is an aspiration in the common interest of I would like to make a com ment on all Canadians. Our ties of race and .culture, I the recent Indian land claims settle spanning all provinces and territories can ment. First off, I want to say that I be an important unifying influence in our wish that I could state at this Lime that country. As an important step towards I was happy with this settlement, but I this common objective, the Inuit, Indian cannot for the following reasons. and Metis are joining together to establish The first being that the very worst a National Native Centre in our capital mistake that the people who negotiated city. this settlement, was when they gave The new building will not only provide up the “ Sovereignty” that our fore the traditional services of a Friendship fathers worked so hard to protect. Centre, but will be a means of displaying Som ething that is a absolute must if we native art and other cultural activities. It are to survive as an Indian Nation. This will show our visitors — including those constitutes a grave error on the part of from foreign countries — that Canada the people that worked so hard on this .recognizes and respects its original Wabanaki Alliance Vol. 4, No. 12 Decem ber 1980 settlement. For them to put such a people. • thing in this settlem ent go es against As befits such a significant national Published monthly by the Division of Indian Services [DIS] at the Indian everything that a Indian Nation stands venture, we are inviting participation Resource Center, 95 Main St., Orono, Maine 04473. Telephone (207] 866-4903. for! And I believe that som eday they’ ll from all parts of Canada. W e would be Typeset by Old Town/Orono Times. Printed by Ellsworth American. realize this error, but I’ sorry to say m very pleased if you would include us on that then it will be too late to rectify your mailing list, for no charge. Hopefully, M ember — Maine P ress Association this serious error. in a year we will be able to subscribe to Secondly, for anyone to state that your magazine. Presently, we are still Steven Cartwright, Editor this is what the people wanted is raising funds to buy our building. another misstatement, for the simple Mary Mudd reason that the off reservation Indians did not ge t a chance to voice they’ re Reporters opinion of this very serious matter. Phone 827-6219 Indian Island Diane Newell Wilson This constitutes a very, very grave Phone 53 2-7317 Houlton Brenda Pnlchies injustice to a number o f American Lost cause Phone 853-4654 Pleasant Point Roberia Richler Indians. And will m ore than likely Bangor Phone 796 2301 Indian Township Kal hy Totnah divide the tribes instead of bringing To the editor: them closer together, like we should be I would like to pass this information DIS Board of Directors doing, and is a goal that is a m ust if we Jean Chavaree (chairman] IndianIsland along to others. are to survive. In order to becom e In Some months back I answered an ad in Donna Loring, Central Maine Indian Assoc. Old Town dependent we must have unity among Timothy Love, Governor IndianIsland the Wabanaki Alliance where it said, ourselves first. And this cannot happen “ Calling all Maliseets, Maliseet Nation, Jeannette Neptune, Community D evelopm ent D irector Indian Township if important events such as this settle Madawaska, Maine." Jeanette LaPlante, Central Maine Indian Assoc. Old Town ment is not voted upon by each and I am sorry to say that this man didn’ t Brenda Polchies, Assn, of Aroostook Indians Houlton every m em ber of each tribe concerned! tell m e all the details. My sister and I I believe that there are others that signed our names to his list and he asked IMS is an agency of Diocesan Human Relations Services. Inc. of Maine. Sub feel the same as m yself on these for a donation. W e gave m oney to a cause scription to this newspaper are available by writing to Wabanaki Alliance, 95 matters, and I hope that they’ voice ll that was against my beliefs, and as an Main St., Orono, Me. 04473. Diocesan Human Relations Services and DIS are a they’ opinion and concern, whenever re American citizen, and a M aliseet Indian. and wherever they possibly can. non-pro Jit corporation. Contributions are deductible for income tax purposes. I hope no one else is as sim ple minded as Frederick L. Thurlow III j Roles: - 5 per year 1 issues]: So Canada and overseas; SIQ Ser institutions 5 52 I to make such a faux pas as I did. ischools, government, business, etc.] Helen W. Deveau i. I �Page 4 Wabanaki Alliance D ecem ber 1980 A governor s concerns (Continued from page 1 ) benefit the tribe, and we ll be able to buL I don't want my race to disappear. It’ s control our own water rates. If the inevitable, it’ down the road, unless we s present owner — their home office is in take action,” Nicholas said. Philadelphia — makes the improvements, Through intermarriage, Indian blood in the rates will probably double. It em ploys tribal mem bers has decreased. “ m con I’ lour or five people, and that's four or five cerned about the assimilation into the jobs for our labor force," Nicholas said. white race," says Nicholas, who advocates A matter-of-fact person whose words a cut-off date, such as 1980, after which are touched with kindness and concern for offspring of unions involving a non-Indian his tribe, Nicholas declared, “ what I would parent would not be on the tribal census. like to see here is unemployment brought Echoing his mother's concern with down to a regional level. Actually, what I Passamaquoddy language (reported in a would like to see is no unemployment at previous feature story in Wabanaki Alli all. ance), Nicholas explained, “ try to speak I “ Welfare is fine if you are sick, un to my grandchild every day, and he under healthy, disabled," the Governor con stands, but ne answers me in English. tinued. “ But if you are young and fit, you “ I'm hoping that by persevering I will should earn your own living. I don’think . succeed in teaching him how to speak t the United States ow es you a living. If the Indian." The hope fades quickly from work ethic is inculcated in a child, by a Hartley's eyes. “ But it's a losing battle." parent, a teacher, or even example, this, He shrugs. thing can be completely brought about in a Nicholas’ brother, Francis, the former generation.” governor, speaks to his kids in English Nicholas, like other Passamaquoddys, because he himself had a hard time with feels the pull of both modern non-Indian English. "That attitude is prevalent,”the society, and the tugging of tradition, his Governor said. early heritage. A heliarc welder at Pratt “ ere’ a language that has survived H s & Whitney in Hartford for 14Vz years, he since the dawn of man — however long retired recently with a pension, and came ago that was — it’ a living language, and s home with his Passamaquoddy wife, w e’ losing it.” re Eileen Nicholas. Prior to welding, he Nicholas himself learned Passama worked nine years for Hartford Faience quoddy first, and “ English came easily." Company, makers of ceramic electrical Land claims and the future insulators. (Fellow Pratt & Whitney Asked for his opinion on the $81.5 Passamaquoddys John Stanley and David million land-money settlem ent o f PenDoyle are scheduled to retire soon.) obscot-Passamaquoddy claims, Nicholas Nicholas believes the state “ made a big stated: "I would’ liked to see a settle ve mistake in its relations with the tribes. I ment that would make the Indians inde think they should have helped them make pendent and financially secure far into the the transition from their ancient culture future, but I don’think that’realistic. t s . .. I remember I was in eighth grade,-a “ we can pick ourselves up by our If couple of boys (from the reservation) went bootstraps it will be just as good." to high school. It was 1929. They were the Skeptical about the settlem ent in general, first to go. I started the next year, with Nicholas nevertheless was present, Oct. two others. We were the first, to graduate. 10, when the President signed the land There was no opportunity to g o higher.” claims act at the White House. Nicholas can see the changes, such as Nicholas is convinced disaster was his nephew seeking a m aster’ but still, s, avoided by establishing the $27 million he says, “ want my people to be Indian. I trust fund for the two tribes. "If we had “ concern is the future of the tribe. My realized a great deal of money and divided I've nothing against the white race. Some it am ong the tribe, w e’ be ruined,” he d of my best friendships are with the while said. race. They have many traits I admire. Nicholas said he prefers tribal enter They are thrifty, industrious . .. but I am prises over other,, private, outside in an Indian, and I want my people to be terests operating on the reservation. Indian; rather than becom e absorbed by However, he said the planned Digital our white neighbors. Equipment shop, expected to train and It probably wouldn’ be a bad thing, t em ply about five persons at $3.25 per hour The G overno r and his dog, Cipuhtes (clown). to make cable connectors for computers, will be a welcome development. “ Even if we start with five jobs, it grows,” said. he The new governor is especially proud of the decision to acquire E astporl Water Company. “ won’ cost the tribe a It t penny,”he boasts, citing an outright $1.4 million grant, plus a $1.5 million loan to be repaid through revenue bonds. “ e’ be W ll the only Indian tribe in the country that owns a water company,”he said, smiling. “ thought it would be foolish to turn down I something like that.” In other business, Nicholas said, “ e’ w re goin g to open our fish holding .plant. We hope to process fish here, and ship them down to Boston. We're presently negotiat ing with a couple of dealers." Anticipated is the arrival of the stellhulled, government surplus commercial fishing vessel, “ Magdalena.” Another project is buying Carlow Island, adjacent to the reservation and bisected by Route 190, the Eastporl road. The stumbling block is not the price, set by the island’ New York owner, but the s fact that Eastport does not want to lose its pow er to tax the property. Asked about the recent removal of track from Maine Central Railroad Com pany s right-of-way across Pleasant Point, Nicholas said, “ m glad you mentioned I’ that. He said he may pursue obtaining title to the right-of-way. He remembered riding to Perry, as a boy. for nine cents. N ew foundland Indians seeking status, rights Margaret Nicholas, m other of two governors. The ride to Eastport by train was 18 cents. Asked about the long proposed Pittston oil refinery, Nicholas said, “ don’believe I t they can have a refinery of that type without polluting the water." Describing himself as an ecologist, he said, "I think we have to try to learn m ore and m ore of the delicate balance of nature. Anything that disturbs the ecological balance that God created doesn’ work out very well t for us." Nicholas has six grow n children. A son lives in Florida; his five daughters have all m oved to Pleasant Point. The lalesl “ moved back from Connecticut last week.” The Governor has 14 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. "I’ always worked all my life. I got ve married when I was 20, and never slopped working." The Governor reflected. “ s It’ a very demanding job, and it requires a lot o f hours. But I would rather keep busy. Since I’ retired, even before I became ve governor, I couldn't g e l enough Lime in a day." HARDWARE & GUN SHOP TOM VICAIRE, Proprietor The only Indian-owned hardware business in the State o f Maine “ We're eager to do business with people in the Indian community,”says Tom. The store carries a full line o f tools, electrical and plumbing supplies, paint and housewares. Also, a selection o f fine new and used guns. See Our Garden Supplies and Tools For all your hardware and hunting needs, visit — MATTAWAMKEAG HARDW ARE & GUN SHOP and sample some good Indian hospitality and service. CONN RIVER, Newfoundland — The Federation of Newfoundland Indians has been wailing seven years for the federal government to officially recognize them. A recent Canadian newspaper report said that when previously independent New foundland became a province in 1949, Indians were left out, largely because they did not live in larger population areas. Canada acknowledges 300,000 other Indians as “ registered" under the Indian Act. Although the government has agreed loregister Newfoundland Indians, Calvin White, president of the federation and a S k itik u k ► O u tfitte r s Micmac from Conn River, says officials “ have been dragging their feet." Indian Affairs Minister John Munro staled last March that registration would be approved Specialists in wilderness travel. in ten days. Sales - Rentals - Guide Service Said White: “ Until we are registered as status Indians, we cannot participate in any H om e of Igas Island custom-made decision-making processes at the National packs and equipment Indian Brotherhood’ general assembly.” s Tw o of Lhc brotherhood’ 70 delegates 38 Main St. s O ro n o 866-4878 would represent Newfoundland Indians. �Wabanaki Alliance December 1980 Page 5 Cohen likely t© choir indlon affairs committee The Rev. Joseph Mullen chats with Passamaquoddy, Irene Lew ey about Christmas wreath business at Pleasant Point. Wreathing prospers PLEASANT POINT - “ This has got to be the biggest order in the country. It could be a good income if they use their heads." Thats how Eddie Haddock of Pleasant Point described the current rush to fill a gigantic order for traditional Christmas wreaths. Haddock is in charge of opera tions. The order for 10,000 wreaths — and possibly more — com es from Lambert Brothers, Boston, to be shipped for retail sale. Two brothers were instrumental in landing the contract for Pleasant Point. They are the Rev. Joseph Mullen, of St. Ann's Parish, and his brother Jim Mullen, second in command at Business Service Center, a federal agency in Boston. “ We've got a wonderful opportunity if we can just ge t people rolling,” said Father Mullen, who has also persuaded Digital Equipment Corp. to open a small plant in a building on the reservation. Four persons in Eastport, and four in Pembroke, are busy weaving the wreaths as they have for decades. Eddie Haddock’ s wife Elsie is an expert, as are Irene Lewey and Charlie Barnes, all of Pleasant Point. Wreaths vary in diameter from 12 inches to 30 inches, priced accordingly. Haddock is paying the w eavers 50 cents per one foot wreath, $2.50 for the largest size. Profits will be shared with the Church, which needs help on winter fuel bills. But basically, the wreath pi-oduction is to help the people of Pleasant Point reservation." "Before you can get people interested in God, you have to have the necessities,” Father Mullen declared. Recalling early times', Elsie Haddock said, “ used to have a big hall: w e’ we d have a lot of fun.”She has made wreaths “ every year since I was nine years oid. I learned to trim when I was nine.” Ellsworth firm unpaid by tribe ELLSWORTH — Although Ellsworth iuilders Supply won a favorable judgm ent i court, no one knows how the firm can olleet on an old debt, from Lhe Passamauoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point. The tribal housing authority ow es Ells'orth Builders Supply a reported $7,499, )ut at a recent hearing in Fifth District, }ourt, nobody showed to represent theribe or housing authority. A lawyer for the firm in Ellsworth said he n’sure how to proceed. “ m writing Tom t I’ ureen (tribal lawyer), the Department of iterior, and the Department of Housing id Urban Development. I intend to find jL if anyone can honor this judgm ent,” he as quoted as saying, in the Ellsworth merican. The suit was filed in January when llsworth Builders Supply was unable to illect a balance due. The housing authority id purchased more than $41,000 worth of aterial from the firm, according to the •tide in the American. Tureen had earlier asked that the court smiss the case, on the basis it lacked jurisction over Indians. He told the court llsworth Builders would g e t their money, it would have to wait. Judge Jack Smith denied Tureen's motion to dismiss. Tureen did not show up at the trial, and Smith declared judgm ent in favor of plaintiff, by default. Cohen looks into Township housing BANGOR — The planned construction of 35 new houses at Indian Township is under investigation after an irate bidder charged he and another firm had lower bids than the winning offer, accepted by the tribe and Jam es W. Sewall Co. of Old Town. Key-Loc Hom es of New Hampshire was reportedly willing to construct the federally funded housing project for $262,000 less than the winner, W eslville Hom es of New Hampshire. A ccording to the Bangor Daily News, W eslville H om es accepted money for the job. Sept. 30, at Sewall’offices. s The N ews said Sen. William S. Cohen, who opposes “ hurry-up spending" at the end of a fiscal year, has asked his staff to investigate allegations by Key-Loc, and to contact Departm ent of H ousing and Urban Developm ent officials in Washington. WASHINGTON — A couple of years ago William S. Cohen said he would oppose any extension of the Senate Select Commit toe on Indian Affairs. Now the U.S. Senator from Maine, ranking republican on the panel, is likely to becom e chairman of the committee. Cohen has changed his mind on the com m ittee’ s future. Although Cohen’ Capitol Hill aide, s Timothy Woodcock, said the Senator “ has not taken a position on whether to make it a permanent committee.”all indications are that Cohen will chair the panel. Legislation is pending to make the committee permanent. It was introduced last May by com m ittee member. Sen. John Melcher. a Democrat. The Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs will terminate Dec. 31. il Melcher’ bill is not enacted in s the lame duck session of Congress. Said Melcher. "if the responsibility for Indian affairs reverts to a subcom mittee . . . the potential for careful and equitable con sideration of Indian issues will be severely disminished." M ost legislation for the Senate involving Indians passes review by the committee, established Feb. 4,1977. B esides Cohen and Melcher, mem bers are Senators Mark 0. Hatfield. Daniel Inouye, and Dennis DeConcini. Melcher is current chairman. Retired Sen. James Abourezk of South Dakota, a strong advocate of Indian rights, is a past chairman of the committee. When Cohen was added to the com mit tee, he said it would be “ very active,” but in an interview with this newspaper, stated he opposed any extension of the panel beyond 1980. W oodcock said Cohen will assess “ v/hat benefits it (the committee) holds for the rest of the state. His assessm ent of the function of the committee ... is based in larjre part on t.he legislative load of the committee. When he (Cohen) hrst came on, the com m ittee was goin g through a period o f studied inertia," W oodcock told Wabanaki Alliance. Opposition to extending the Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs comes from Sen. Howard Cannon, a Nevada Democrat, who said the com m ittee was not intended as permanent. However, a com promise could be worked out. Cannon indi cated. Cohen has only sponsored one piece of Indian legislation: The Maine Indian land claims act of 1980. He had earlier been a fierce opponent of awarding land and money to the Penobscot and Passamaquoddy tribes. He claimed the State of Maine could win a legal contest if the claims w ere taken to court. Cohen was elected to the Senate in a defeat of incumbent Sen. William D. Haihaway. a supporter of a negotiated settlement with the tribes. The incoming Republican Presidential administration, and GOP Senate majority, will mean thal one Democrat on the Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs will be replaced by a Republican, W oodcock said. Who will that be, W oodcock was asked. “ Who knows," he said. Sockabasin seeks Governor's pardon ORONO — Allen J. Sockabasin, former Indian Township governor, land claims negotiator, and currently director of Tribal Governors Inc., wants a pardon. He is seeking a pardon through Gov. Joseph E. Brennan, who has not. yeL scheduled a date for hearing before the Advisory Board on Executive Clemency. Sockabasin was convicted of arson, in. the attempted burning of Indian Towriship" elemenLiiry sctxrot ,,, .j.or.s. Township governor reflects on claims INDIAN TOW NSHIP - “ We had to give and take. xA the negotiators on Il both sides, we both fought hard." That’ how Harold J. Lewey, go v s ernor o f the Passamaquoddy Tribe here, characterized the long stru ggle to resolve the joint tribai claims to 12.5 million acres in Maine. “ s ju st a m atter of giv e and take; It’ what we all felt reasonably sure was a good thing,” said the quiet-spoken, lean and ruggedly handsome governor. "N ow the work begins for us. We have to find out from the people where they want to go from here, and that’ s goin g to be a long process. “ don’ think our people have had I t much say in Lhe past about their lives,” Lewey, who is 47 years old, com mented. “ people need a constitution,”he My said, adding that he has visited several tribes to examine their constitutions. A veteran of 21 years in the military, L ew ey said he has seen a lot of “ physical changes” at his rem ote reservation. Hot and cold running water, new housing — “ you don’ have t to go out on Lhe lake and chop a hole in the ice,”he said. “ But I haven’ seen t very much change in the attitude and opinion of the people. “ see these young people wearing I feathers, saying ‘m Indian’ I’ and they can’speak the language.” t Gov. Harold J. Lewey. Lew ey left home at age 17, and traveled to Aroostook County, where he worked various farms, and did w oods work. He worked awhile for Pratt & Whitney in Connecticut. He has held jobs as a short order cook, cement factory worker, and his long career in the Military Police Corps. He and his wife Dorris have two children: Matt, 16, a student at Lee Academy, and Martha, 19, a student at University o f Maine at Machias. �Page 6 Wabanaki Alliance Decem ber 1980 A summer comp with Indian spirit'There's something special here . . . so much love' ■ Bryan Bob for lacrosse, the lake seem s to stretch like a welcoming hand out from it. Small wonder swimming and canoeing are the main sports. Mustin, who at home is a Latin and physical education teacher, teaches canoe ing and bagatowea (lacrosse) herself. She demands and ge ts disciplined canoeing skills from her .crew. In the Mud Lake Olympics the last day the canoe races started on land: com petitors carried their canoes to the lake edge, pushed off, turned around, swam ped their canoes in kneedeep water, emptied and righted them, climbed back on board and followed a slalom course. One of the counselors lost a point by not getting in according to form, but everyone else did all right. Camp Director Ellen Muslin lets Sandy Getchell nl Mnplctun, a Micnjac camper, Maine Indian Summer Camp is held for decorate her lor festivities the last night of camp, [Hansen photo]. five weeks each summer — the first two for children 8 to 12 years old, the second often applied from outside. It speaks well three for the 12-15 age group. The camp is By Robin Hansen of the camp that most of the Indian paid for by the Quebec-Labrador Founda SINCLAIR — It is the last night of counselors have been campers, and most, tion, and except for transportation costs, Maine Indian Summer Camp, and it is raining ever so slightly — a disappoint are either in college on on their way there. is free for campers. Besides sports and Early in the morning, before anyone crafts, the camp offers a variety of ment, because the Lcntugs have planned else is awake, an Indian song, shouted by specials by visiting experts. This year, Bill traditional dances from several tribes and Kineo Tompkins, a little Micmac boy Bryan, scout for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Camper Tony Clement of Pleasant Point the counselors have a bonfire built on the whose m other is the camp cook and nurse: offered a baseball workshop; Andrea gets ready to send an arrow toward the little tongue of land that, pushes out into “ Hey-ey yah! hey ey yah-ah! hey ey-yah- Nicholas from the Tobique Reserve (New mark. Archery was one of the traditional Mud Lake. ah!" It go es on and on, ringing across the Brunswick) helped teach leatherwork; Pat skills taught at Maine Indian Summer The Lentugs dance anyway, in the rain: lake in the misty m orning air, wonderfully and Rilda Daigle of Fort Kent had a Camp. [Hansen photo]. a round dance, the Mohawk blanket dance, an Iroquois partridge dance, the W ab romantic, waking everyone up. Later a wrestling and gymnastics workshop; cam per tells me that it isn't planned that Kevin Neilson of UMO helped the campers anaki feather dance. When a dancer, a The camp — people and site — is way. “ Kineo wakes us up every morning, with basketball skills, and Carmine and bov, leans over to catch the father in his beautiful but for the communities of lie always sings an Indian song, and it's Andy Jandreau of Caribou had a square tccih. drummer Robin McNea/ exclaims, Indian Island and Pleasant Point it is also always the same song. Sometimes I wish dance session at the camp. “ Look! They do it different!” because The cam pers went blueberrying and very remote. Maine Indian Summer Camp he'd shut up." these are not dances taught at camp, but is held in Sinclair, in the northernmost tip But it is part of the Indian feeling of the raspberry picking, visited Wells-in-the- of Aroostook county. Its rem oteness has learned at home or at powwows and only camp that no one told Kineo to shut. up. Rocks in Grand Falls, N.B., the paper mill being shared now. At Indian Island, one limited participation from the southern Both campers and counselors treated in Madawaska, and attended local theatre must keep the rhythm, bending over while reservations. This year there w ere three Kineo and his little brother — and one in Fort Kent. balancing and bouncing on one foot and cam pers and one counselor from Pleasant One of the feaLures of the older session another — with a gentleness uncommon catching the feather stuck in the ground, Point and two cam pers from Orono — among white children. It was not unusual is a four-day canoe trip from Mud Lake hut-the kids here are from all over Maine compared to nine from W oodstock, New to see a twelve or thirteen year old through C ross Lake to Square Lake. and New Brunswick, and som e of them Dr. Peter Paul of Woodstock, N.B., Brunswick, and 11 from Aroostook towns. comfortably hang an arm around his coun simply place their feet wide and lean over This year, Ellen Mustin wanted to arrange selor's neck or to hear som eone tenderly visited the first session of camp to talk to catch the feather. a m eeting of representatives from Indian recount an incident illustrating another’ with young campers about old times in Island, Indian Township and Pleasant s Down by the water the Quimo are personality. There was no cruel teasing, Maine and to pass on legends and Indian setting tiny candle boats afloat, but. the Point to start looking for a m ore central and much tolerance. QLF founder Bob words. His visit inspired the cam pers to candles are doused by the rain almost as site, but apparently it was too far even for Bryan, who visited during the last session provide several legends as skits the last soon as they are set sail. “ It's all right," the representatives, because no one came. remarked on it — “ There’ something night of camp, s Director Ellen Mustin com forts the cam p special here. There’so much love — s ers. “ You can send your w ishes off It couldn’ be easy to keep an Indian t tomorrow morning —." The rain begins to spirit in a camp where the director is a pour down in earnest and cam pers and white from Ipswich, Massachusetts, and counselors alike retreat to their cabins for the money com es from a church-oriented the night. white foundation. It helps that the white is The rain ended a day of Olympics, Ellen Mustin and that the foundation is banqueting, and awards, and three weeks the Quebec-Labrador Foundation (QLF), of learning, sports and friendship. It also known for its ability to supply money and ended the tenth year of the Quebcc-Labaims and let the community carry the rador Foundation's Camp Karawanee — action. probably the only recreational camp in the Of course there are “ Indian”cam ps all Northeast aimed specifically at Indian over New England, mainly for white outchildren and youth. of-state children, but the emphasis is For campers it has been three w eeks of different. There the white culture is learning new skills — som e Indian, som e inborn and the Indian culture com es from not Indian — and living with children from books. Here the Indian-ness com es with other communities, other tribes. F op the the cam pers and t.he counselors, and the many i 12 nearly half the camp) cam pers QLF staff has been careful not to push who live in white communities, it has been book ideas of Indian-ness. a time to learn how Indians behave, to One of the stated aims of QLF is to learn on a small scale how Indian society preserve traditional crafts and skills; works, and to learn from their Indian Mustin thinks the camp helps to prom ote counselors how to do crafts the Indian this. The Indian crafts taught — beadway. work, birchwork and ash splint basketry, For counselors, it has been a time to leatherwork, fingerweaving — com e from lead, to teach, and to be in a position of counselors and visiting Native American responsibility for groups of younger Counselor Robin McNeal, a UMA student from Caribou, talks with nurse/cook Pat experts. children — a position sometim es hard for Because the camp itself is so tiny, with 6 Tompkins [left). Ricky Pelkey of Woodstock, N.B., a Maliseet camper, hangs on. Indian youth to attain in white society or by 10 foot cabins and a clearing too small [Hansen photo]. in Indian communities where authority is �Wabanaki Alliance D ecem ber 1980 Page 7 Campers frolic Bear Hansen, a Ojibwe camper from W est Bath, finishes up a splint basket made of brown ash. Ash splint basketry was one of the traditional skills taught at the Maine Indian Summer Camp run by the Quebec Labrador Foundation at Sinclair. [Hansen photo]. Aroostook Notes By Brenda Polchies CARIBOU — Elizabeth Zernicke, a member o f the Association of Aroostook Indians at Caribou, recently returned from a three week training session at the Black Hills Training Center in Rapid City, South Dakota. The Indian Health Service program at Princeton sponsored Zernicke to improve her efficiency as Community Health Rep resentative dealing with the Indian people in Aroostook County. Segm ents o f the training session included how to work with people, how to deal with emergencies, a session on psychology and defensive driving was featured. M embers of the Indian community from Maine, Arizona, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and New Mexico were invited to participate in this health workshop. At completion of the workshop, Zernicke is officially certified to act as Com munity Health R epresentative for the Indian Health Service. High school honors Passamaquoddy man PLEASANT POINT - Decem ber 22nd is touched with tragedy for the family of Ralph and Hazel Dana. On that day, in 1975, their son, Glen, was killed in an auto accident. He was an outstanding student at Kents Hill, a Maine boarding school. Last June, when daughter Marilyn graduated at Kents Hill, a special award was announced for Glen Dana, to be pre sented annually to a student who dem on strates excellence. Glen was “ gifted with humor and understanding," according to his father. Now another m em ber of the family, Ralph Edward Dana, a junior high honor roll student, wants to attend Kents Hill. Ralph Sr. says the school is a wonderful place that makes the whole family feel welcome and included. Joe Sapiel of Pleasant Point climbed aloft for his role in a skit the last night of camp. His mouth looks funny because he has a lollipop in it. [Hansen photo]. island street honors William Newell, 88 INDIAN ISLAND - William B. Newell, Penobscot, will celebrate his 88th birth day, Dec. 17. He is the oldest male resident o f Indian Island. . A retired professor of anthropology, Newell and his wife, Celina, live at 5 Riverview Drive. His Indian name, Rolling Thunder, was recently assigned to a new street, in a Penobscot Indian Housing Authority project. Poetry i watch each pass mirroring each to the east i watch each pass mirror-ing each yearnings beyond m ere vision in my ey es (we) appear disappear other watching other som ew here som eone thinks of you love/belongs/heals she stands : strength surrounds care-less she runs to leaves falling, falling A sex y jo b ? Professor Newell, a graduate of Syra ORONO — Being a board m em ber of cuse Universtiy, is listed in Who’ Who in s this newspaper is probably not very sexy, New England, and W ho’Who in the East. s but it can be interesting and rewarding. He. earned his master’ degree from -Uni s, — W abanaki Alliance holds-monthly- m eet versity of Pennsylvania. ings, where board members review edit He is a member of American Academy orial material and set the policy and o f Political and Social Sciences, American direction of the newspaper. Board m em Association of University Professors, and bers are paid mileage for com ing to American Anthropological Association. meetings. A daughter, Diane Newell Wilson and In particular, board mem bers are family, are also Indian Island residents. needed from Pleasant Point, to replace John L. Bailey and Reuben (Clayton) Cleaves; and from Indian Township, to \ succeed Albert Dana. A successor on the board for Gov. Timothy Love is needed, and interested and hands in gentle voices Penobscots should contact the governor’ s office. to here the north & south grown lantern hills & easterner islands estuaries incarnate Judge injured in auto mishap in swollen expanses & small diminishing wings our eagle returns in grace & creature turmoil wherein “ slender-willowed wishes , once for a while som eone thinks of you Ihyeyes fallen glim pse now villages & tribes & nations no where one have you returned no one or eternity in reverse-in: time wells open & where in turnstiles yet leaning and glim pse thine your eyes som ewhere each watching each & mirrors return your eyes, (we) stand belong-ing “ fall, forgotten dreams your years : these lies & “ green-ness of leaves in & wind blossom s flying each to each within to an image of your face V ______ Camper Ricky Pelkey of Woodstock, N.B., a Maliseet, pulls up a macrame knot in a spontaneous early m orning craft session in the dinning hall. Several kinds cf traditional beadwork w ere taught at Maine Indian Summer Camp, but the campers also like the non-Indian way of working beads into bracelets. Another cam per is finishing up a loom-beaded braclet at left. [Hansen photo]. where i have seen your face & eyes — G eorge Tom er y PLEASAN T POINT - Recently appointed tribal court Judge Reuben C. (Clayton) Cleaves was seriously injured in a one car auto mishap last month. He has been hospitalized at Eastern Maine Medical Center since the accident, which occurred at the intersection of Route 1 and Route 190. Details of the accident w ere not known to the Pleasant Point Police Department, but the driver o f the vehicle was said to be Brenda Moore of Pleasant Point, who failed to negotiate a turn at. Route 1 The vehicle reportedly . struck an embankment. Besides Cleaves, there were at least two passengers in the vehicle, according to unofficial reports. A sso cia te J u d g e S h irley Bailey of Pleasant Point — who was recently hos pitalized for surgery — has taken over Cleaves' duties, which include handling court cases at Indian Township, the sister Passamaquoddy reservation near Prince ton. Cleaves is expected to resum e his duties at a later date. He has served as director of the tribal housing authority, and represen tative to the state legislature, for the tribe. �Page S Wabanaki Alliance D ecem ber 1980 Iribei court orders eviction of Micmac widow Letter supports Isabelle Shay j Perth, New Brunswick Dear Governor and Council: As Wabanaki women of the Tobique . Reserve we would like to register our opposition to the eviction of Isabelle Shay from her home at Indian Island. As we understand it there have been many precedents at Indian Island where a non-Penobscot spouse has been allowed to live in his home after the death of the Penobscot spouse, even in cases where the surviving spouse was not adopted by the Tribe. Not only have un-adopted Indian men and women of other tribes been allowed to remain after the death of their Penobscot spouses but so also have non-Indian spouses been allowed to remain, unharassed by tribal auth orities. These precendents are too well known to need listing here. In addition, if Isabelle is successfully evicted she will have no place to go, no reservation to return to, since the Canadian government under its dis criminatory Indian Act no longer recogni7.es Isabelle as an Indian on account of her marriage to Pat Shay. (Indian men in Canada can marry whomever they please and still be considered Indians, but Indian women lose their Indian status if they marry non-Indians or non-Canadian Indians. They cannot regain Indian status even after divorce or widowhood, except by remarriage to another Canadian In dian.) Ho do not mention the Indian Act here to defend it. On the contrary, Indian women in Canada have been protesting against the Indian Act in its present form for many years. W e only mention it to point out how severe the consequences of eviction will be for Isabelle Shay. Considering these facts together with the many precedents that have been set on your reservation regarding the rights of surviving spouses we can only conclude that the m ove to evict Isabelle Shay is both unfair and cruel. We ask that you reconsider her case in light of these points. We are asking for Justice at least, if not compassion. Furthermore, we would like to suggest that Penobscot laws be chang ed to prevent such harassment of native women in the future. Whether adopted or not, native spouses both male and female should have the security of knowing that upon the death of their Penobscot spouse they will at least have survivors rights to their family home. Such adaptation of a standard practice (Maine law?) would not endanger Penobscot land, and it would be more humane and m ore con sistent with Wabanaki traditions than the present harassment of widows in their \ime of bereavement. Sincerely, The Wabanaki Women of Tobique (Henna Pertey. Eva Soulis, Andrea Bear Nicholas, Cheryl Bear, Heather Bear. Barbara Nicholas, Sandra Love lace.. Bernie Perloof, Sharon C. Paul, Mrs. Louis Sappier, Lilly Harris, Loretta Perley, Theresa Perley (Hart), Mrs. Francis Paul. Edith Sappier, Paula Sisson, Sandra Nicholas, Juanita Perley, Connie Nicholas. iNDLAN ISLAND — W hether Isabelle T. Shay could remain in the house she has occupied for the past few months was still up in the air, as Wabanaki Ailiance went to press. Tribal Gov. Timothy Love says no. Shay says yes. Governor Love states it is “ custom the of the tribe" to take care of widows, or any woman on the Island regardless o f tribal affiliation, but that such person must not abuse the tribe's hospitality. Love says Shay is inhabiting the house of her late husband, Patrick Shay, in violation of a court order. Patrick Shay was Penobscot; his widow' is a Micmac and native of Nova Scotia. Complicating m atters is that Patrick Shay owned only a share of the property, and there are many heirs. Also, Shay adopted Isabelle Shay's son, Karl Toney, who now lives with bis m other and attends Indian Island elementary school. .-The latest development was the arrest of Isabelle Shay at her residence. She was subsequently bailed at $150, with a tribal court hearing set Dec. 17. Isabelle Shay was ordered Nov. 6, by Penobscot Nation tribal court, to vacate the house. Love signed the removal papers. In an interview with this newspaper, the Governor said he offered Shay the chance to stay on the reservation, either with Alberta Francis, or Edna Becker. Both women expressed a willingness to help Isabelle Shay. A handwritten note from Love to Shay said, “ Isabelle, if you can find another place to live in on the reservation, you may stay under life estate custom of the tribe . . . but legal proceedings will continue until you vacate your present dwelling.” Shay rejected the suggestion. “ Because Governor Tim Love is a m em ber o f the Shay family, I sensed this was a ploy to have me leave -r in other words I sensed that he was trying to scare me out so his family would not pressure him.”she said in a statement dated Nov. 21. I am here out. of deep concern for Karl’ future and to protect his legitimate s right to be placed on the Penobscot list, as was his father's wish. Clearly both Karl and I are both eligible and qualified," Shay stated. Love, however, said Shay’ chances of s adoption into the Penobscot tribe are very slim because of her adversary position with tribal leadership. Love said the tribe had rented a cabin at a Milford motel for Shay and her son. "W e’ going to pay for it for a few days, re and after that, that’it." he said. s Shay said that at first. Patrick Shay’ s son, Timothy Shay, cooperated with her. but later apparently testified against her, behind closed doors. The younger Shay also reportedly smashed the windows of a car parked at the Shay residence. Shay was angry that he had not been given the car, as was the understanding, according to Love. Shay claims other damaging testimony came from Lawrence Shay and Emma Francis, both Penobscot relatives of Patrick Shay. Just prior to his death. June 4, Patrick Shay named his wife executrix, and revoked all prior wills, Isabelle Shay claims. She said that in tribal court, she was tried as a Penobscot, but denied a Penobscot’rights. s At a court session several months ago, covered by this newspaper, tribal Judge Andrew Mead stated, “ there will be no attempt to legally oust her," and he expressed hope there would be no “ con frontation" in this “ volatile situation.” At that point, Timothy Shay had apparently given written permission for Isabelle Shay to stay in the house, and Beverly Spencer o f Old Town, represent ing Emma Francis and other heirs, said “ I moved for dismissal because it appears the son has at least one-seventh interest.” Spencer said he wanted to “ work out differences.”Judge Mead dismissed the case. Paul Zendzian, representing Isabelle Shay, commented, “ certainly hope that I the parties resolve the dispute between them selves in an amicable manner that will be to the satisfaction of all parties, and that ultimately if the court is to be someday faced with this question of life estates ... that it’a neat, clean, straight s definition of sole ownership.” On Nov. 6, Judge Mead signed an order of removal, giving Isabelle Toney Shay 15 days to leave the reservation, or face a $100 line, or up to a 60 day jail sentence. “ Let it be known that I am and always have been willing to com prom ise,”Shay wrote. Her conditions are as follows: I will leave voluntarily only on these conditions. 1 ThaL a Genera! Meeting is called . with the Lt. Governor presiding as chairman since Gov. Love is biased due to extrem e family pressures. 2. Traditional customs in tribal courts be learned by lawyers repre senting native people, and that Legal representation be provided for those wishing it before tribal governments. 3. ThaL I will trade the Shay’ s residence for a home o f my own so that I am not sentenced to live out my life estate shuffling from one family’ attic s to another family's basement. This will make me a parasite and my goal in life is to be a productive and creative m em ber of society. 4. That the census com m ittee review my eligibility to becom e a tribal m em ber without prejudice or tribal discrimination. 5. That my son's life estate is not jeopardized by Gov. Love’ruling. s 8. Laws regarding surviving spouses be clearly outlined so that their harass ment cease forever! 7. A committee be set up to protect children’legal inheritance. s Council turns down Dr. Baumann-Neison INDIAN ISLAND — Dr. Eunice Baumann-Nelson, terminated several months ago as director of tribal health and social services, narrowly lost a bid to have her case reviewed. A Penobscot, Baumann-Neison came before the Penobscot tribal council recent ly to plead her case, along with Denise Mitchell, who lost her job as deputy administrator in the health center. The two women lost their jo b s in a dispute with the late Gov. Wilfred Pehrson and the tribal council. The dispute concerned authority, payments for travel expenses, and confidentiality of clients. In the recent’ meeting, the council voted to reconsider the matter, after BaumannNeison promised she would drop charges in tribal court if she was offered her job back. She said she would waive lost pay. But the following evening, after hearing additional evidence, the tribal council voted not to reconsider the case. Alan Sanborn, former medical records clerk for the health center, was hired as director under a reorganized management plan. In the wake of this action, BaumannNeison told Wabanaki Alliance she would continue to fight for her job through tribal court. She and Mitchell have won a finding from Maine Human Rights Commission that they were subject to jo b discrimina tion. CAN’ FIND A JOB? T Try the JOB CORPS Would you like to be trained as a ... Bookkeeper Secretary/SLenographer Clerk Typist Nursing Assistant If you are 16 to 21 and not in school, the Penobscot Job Corps Center has training programs which may be of interest to you. The Penobscot Job Corps Center provides all trainees with a place to live, meals, health care and a cash monthly stipend while you learn. And when you finish, we'll also help you find a job. SOUND GOOD? IT IS GOOD. MICMAC READERS — These youngsters at Eskasoni Reserve, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, pause on their motorbikes to catch up on the news. ASK FOR JOB CORPS —in the Portland area—775-7225 —in the Auburn area—786-4190 —in the Bangor area—947-0755 —or toll free anywhere in Maine at 1-800-432-7307 ASK FOR JOB CORPS RECRUITM ENT �Wabanaki Alliance D ecem ber 1980 Page 9 Ambulance corps ready to serve community New Pleasant Point Police Chief Don Lem os looks over ambulance with Mary Graham, in charge of ambulance service. New police chief enthusiastic PLEASANT POIN T - Newly hired tribal Police Chief Don Lem os thinks “ people have got to understand law en forcement,”before they can be expected to abide by tribal laws. In his administration of the force, Lemos, who lives in Eastport, hopes to help tribal members see the need and benefit of good law enforcement. A native of New Bedford, Mass., Lemos attended the University of Kansas, and graduated from University of Maine at Presque Isle. Rights panel rules on Isaac case M IL L IN O C K E T — M aine Human Rights Commission has found reasonable grounds for alleging unlawful discrimina tion, in the case of Mary Francis Isaac, a Penobscot who claimed she was harassed and subjected to an unfair job transfer. Last year, Isaac was transferred from her job as Millinocket town office bookkeeper/payroll clerk, to secretary for the public works department. Isaac contacted the commission in October 1979, filing a complaint alleging discrimination on the part of Town Manager William Ayoob. In Isaac's case, the commission stated that slurs and other remarks Ayoob made, in reference to Isaac’ Indian heritage, s constituted reasonable grounds to believe that unlawful discrimination has occurred. A solution through negotiation with the town was recommended. Fellow town em ployee Sally Boutaugh — who also filed a complaint — won a job as Ayoob’ executive secretary. She ac s cepted the position. Boutaugh successfully alleged she was abruptly transferred from the secretary job to fill Isaac’ slot as s bookkeeper, without required interview. The commission said such action violated a code of fair practice and affirmative action. Houlton Band joins TGI ORONO — The newly formed Houlton Band of Maliseets. slated to receive 5,000 acres in the land claims settlement, has joined Tribal Governors Inc., according to TGI director Allen J. Sockabasin. Also joining — after quitting for a period of several months — is the Penob scot Nation at Indian -Island. TGI is a lobbying and funding agency for Maine Indians, with tribal representatives serv ing on a board of directors. The Houlton Band is party to the $81.5 million settlem ent of Penobscot-Passamaquoddy claims. The tribes originally' sought return of 12.5 million acres. He started in the ch iefs slot about a month ago. His comment: “ love it.” I Lem os has started off with a “ safe street campaign," and has other ideas. Since Pleasant Point Passam aquoddys now have their own court system, Lem os spent two days at a U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs seminar on tribal law, in Washington, D.C. Lem os said he has spent many years as a criminal investigator, and has also worked in alcoholic rehabilitation. Al ready he has earned a “ good guy”reputa tion by buying a sandwich for those persons arrested. He said he will treat people well, as long as they respect police. Lem os worked two years, from guard to associate warden, at Mississippi State Prison. He has ordered bunks for the reservation’tw o holding cells. s Along with new procedures, Lemos plans intensive training within the de partment, new equipment such as camera and fingerprint kit, and a new cruiser. The department includes six regular officers, a secretary/clerk, and six dis patchers. W orking with Lem os are, Sgt. Don Rice, Lt. Gilbert Tomah, Karl Richter, Dick Sockabasin and Francis Sapiel, Jr. Arson probed PLEASAN T POINT - A fire Nov. 5 gutted the large residence here of Joseph Mitchell. The state fire marshall’ office s has ruled arson in the case, and Police Chief Don Lem os said he anticipated an arrest. An insurance adjustor for the Pleasant Point housing authority said, after his investigation, he had "no idea” of the estimated dam age to the property, located across the street from the fire house. M o rey on task force ORONO — Freeman Morey, an out reach worker for Central Maine Indian Association, was named recently to mem bership on the Governor’ task force on s foster care. Morey was asked to join the newly formed com m ittee by Michael R. Petit, com missioner of Maine Department o f Human Services. A $ 1 ,5 0 0 payoff The Northern Cheyenne tribe of Mon tana is waiting for a $6 million dollar payment from ARCO Company for rights to explore for oil and gas on the reserva tion. This money will be disbursed to tribal m em bers who will each receive $1,500. PLEASAN T POINT - Passamaquoddy Ambulance Corps, a volunteer organiza tion, is fully equipped and ready to serve the residents of Pleasant Point and surrounding communities. The corps is headed by Mary Graham, who holds a degree in nursing, is a registered em ergency medical technician (EMT), with 12 years’ experience. She has co-ordinated extensive training programs, such as Crash Injury Management, with assistance of various doctors in the immediate area. The crash injury course consists of: Overview of body and diagnostic signs. Burns and exposure to heat and cold. Air way care and pulmonary resuscita tion. Poison ingestion and drug abuse. Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation. Shock, bleeding and soft tissue injuries. Fractures and dislocations. Injuries to skull, spine, chest and pelvis. Patient handling. Patient exam and triage (protocol). Heart attack, stroke, diabetes and epilepsy. E m ergency childbirth. Accident scene. Gaining access to patient. Field training I and II. This extends to 140 hours the state requirem ents of 40 hours. The graduates Commencement was held Aug. 8, at the office of tribal Gov. Robert. Newell, with Lt. Gov. Clive Dore presenting diplomas to the following: Joseph S. Nicholas, Alberta Francis LPN, Melvina Francis, Mary L. Barnes, Jo-An Moore LPN. and Robert Mendoza, all of Pleasant Point. Guests present at the cerem onies were: Hazel Dana, tribal nurse: Dr. Devlin, Eastport Health Care; Cozy Nicholas, Board of Directors: Brother Larry Smith, cle rg y / a d v iso r: M adonna Soctom ah. Health Services; Judy Morang, chair person Board of Directors; Valerie Emery, Court Administrator. The Pleasant Point Ambulance Corps wishes to especially thank Dr. French, M.D., Paul Claroni, PA, and William Young, PA, for their concern and partici pation, and continuing support of Mary Graham, in establishing training, and up grading the corps m em bers’ skills. Additional thanks are due to the Pleasant Point Health Committee for obtaining portable radios for the corps to use as standby for volunteers, Graham said. M ig ra n t harvesters Sherman Beattie, left, and Maj'nard Poulette, w ere hitch-hiking from blueberry fields downeast, to potato harvest up north, when Allen Sockabasin, Passamaquoddy, picked them up this fall near Bangor and bought them lunch. Beattie, 26, is an Ojibway from Long Plains Reserve, Manitoba. Poulette, 21, is a Micmac from Eskasoni, Cape Breton. Nova Scotia. “ I ge t enough money I’ goin g to m aybe buy a car," Poulette said. If m Indian Program SOCIAL WORK AND COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley, is interested in applications from American Indian students and human service w orkers for the degree of: M ASTER OF SOCIAL WORK Fall of 1981 (Applications Accepted until February 1.1981) With the passage of the Indian Child Welfare Act and with the prom ise of Public Law 93-638, the Indian Self-Determination Act, Indian Professionals are needed to work among Indian populations on reservations, in rural and urban areas. The School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley beginning in 1981, will offer a M aster’D egree program of instruction and field training geared s to the needs and concerns of Indian populations. For information please contact: Elaine Walbroek School of Social Welfare 120 I-Iaviland Hall University of California Berkeley, CA 94720 (415)642-3228 (call collect) Applicants must have a bachelor's degree and an acceptable undergraduate grade point average. Financial assistance is available for those accepted to the program. �BlO Wabanaki Alliance December 1980 Book Nook >enobscot Children and Their World By The Children of Indian Island ehool. Copyright 1980, Indian Island ehool Committee. Printed by Old 'own/Orono Times. 100 pages. Bv Steve Cartwright Inless you hale children, I guarantee i will find pleasure in reading a book lpo.sed entirely of the writing, photophs and graphics of Penobscot Indian tils at the Indian Island elementary som.’ That is how one little girl got her Clarence Francis, flanked by wife, Violet, and Lawrence [Billy] Shay of Indian Islan name, and later that became her clan’ s name. So it was with many tribes and peoples long ago." In another section, “ Their W ords of Wisdom,” students interviewed two elder ly Penobscot women, Grace Nicola and Evelyn (Madas) Sapiel. INDIAN ISLAND — The co-founder of Clarence Francis said he had one sli Students wrote: “ the olden days the the Alcoholics Anonymous chapter here, In several years after he gave up the bottli children spent m ost of their time helping Clarence Francis, has been named to the He drank less than two beers, and the the elders for ju st a couple of pennies (or state Board of Registration of Substance doesn't remember a thing for several daj even for free!). They would ‘ pick rocks,’ Abuse Counselors. afterward. He knows he must hav Francis, a Penobscot, was sworn in, this plant and dig potatoes, weed lettuce, and consumed a great deal o f liquor. That w; dig berries. They also chopped wood and month, at Superior Court in Bangor. The the only relapse. brought it in for the fire. And when they newly-formed panel, which will review Clarence, 69, and Violet, 74, helpt weren’ working they would spent their and license counselors across the state, t start the Senior Citizens organization time playing gam es together that they which held its first m eeting Nov. 13, in Indian Island, and Violet is a pa made up and ‘ invented’ parts for them Winthrop. The appointment expires Jan president. selves.” uary 1983. Clarence can recall working as a wati An accurate, informative chapter on Francis said he firmly believes in the boy for the Bangor and Aroostook Ra animal tracks and tracking follows, with need to set standards for alcoholism and road, earning 25 cents per hour. Later 1 drug abuse counseling. “ That’ the idea,” was promoted. "W e laid steel (track) fro s paw prints so you could use it as a guide. get s The student authors and publishers got he said, “ som eone in who’goin g to do Northern Maine Junction right throug a first hand lesson in the printing business the job, not ju st someone who puts in a clear to Medway, and down as far : from David Wollstadt, publisher of The couple of hours for the pay envelope.” Prospect.” By, 1982. all official substance abuse Old Town/Orono Times, and printer of He worked at Moose River sh< their book. Sister Theresa said Wollstadt counselors in Maine will have to be company in Bangor, as a handsewer, ai licensed by the state. was generous and helpful. he worked in M assachusetts shoe shop Wabanaki Corporation o f Orono, an Another generous soul was Dr. Edward He served 39 months in the U.S. A (Sandy) Ives, who heads the Northeast agency offering such counseling to In Force, much of that time in the Europe; first section deals with "Our Legends dians, has provisional certification. Archives of Folklore at University of theater. World War II. He married Viol Stories," and Lee Ann DeCora relates Maine at Orono. A note of gratitude says With his wife, Violet, Francis founded in 1947, in Milford. Later he did woo r it was years ago: “ The bridge wasn’ Ives "helped in teaching us som e tricks of the local AA chapter 21 years ago this t cutting and other jobs. ? then, and the river was clean. But the trade of interviewing.” month. At the time, the only other chapter They have one step-daughter, Nan< l the bride came and other things The first publication of this book was was in Brewer, where the Francis’ Loring. first iged. Some of the new things are good supported by a one time grant, so un joined the organization at the suggestion I am glad we have them. But when I fortunately, we may not have a volume II of Tom Shay, a Penobscot living in the * stories of what the children did, I this year. Let’ hope the school finds a Boston area. s Half W ay House Directoi i I could bo like Lee and Lyle in my way to make this a continuing project. The As Clarence recalls a day m ore than two greatest current problem for outsiders decades ago, “ (Shay) came dressed up He A half way house program for reco^ 'rites Susan Thompson, below an interested in the book is that copies were like a minister in his little car. I .was still ering Indian alcoholics requires dire' 'opriate illustration (a line drawing by distributed to all tribal members, and ossified, and my wife was going to commit tor immediately. ie Knapp): “ There was once a very unless there is a reprinting, the book is herself to the state hospital. W e w ere Applicants should have experience i ly little girl who ate lots and lots of essentially already out of print. bankrupt in every way, financially, moral half way house administration an wberries when they first started to Sister Theresa said interested persons ly ...” counseling techniques, and have som. Since everyone always saw her may contact the school about the book, but The couple has helped dozens of people familiarity with Indian culture. mong the strawberry blossoms, they at this point, there are no plans for a since then, through the AA group, that Salary negotiable. ded to name her ‘ Strawberry Blos second printing. m eets every Friday, 8 p.m., at St. Ann’ s Send resum e to: Church rectory. Clif Saunders “ s made us feel that it’ beginning to It’ s Executive Director pay off,” said Violet Francis, who says she B o s t o n In d ia n C o u n c il still sees alcoholism as one of the most 105 South Huntington Avenue destructive forces on the reservation. She Jamaica Plain, Mass. 02130 spoke of “ miracle cases;” people who have rebuilt their lives after the ravages of drink. Maine has many bears in its woods. And we have some bears Well aware o f pitfalls, Violet said “ there ight here on Indian Island. But we do not have as many as they is no guarantee" of sobriety, but “ don’ I t miss it, I don’ hanker for it.”Everyone I t id years ago because there are so many people living here now. ALCOHOLISM COUNSELOR has problems, and “ re m ore able to I An individual to serve Native Amer we’ besides, people have hunted the bear for meat and furs for think them out sober.” ■cans and others in the Southern Main 'he students, guided (but not bossed) teachers David Thibodeau and Sister • resa Rand, have created a delicious .bound volume that is a mixture of mds, anecdotes and poems; lavishly United by young artists. Som e stories, ie pictures, are better than others — ’ laying definite budding talent — but efforts in the collection are sincere, ■ and touching. m 'he students’ names form a proud list at end of the book, and it is clear m ost of m took an active part in production. >t of the work in the book is identified author. Keane Francis, Jamie Knapp John King w ere especially hard kers on the project. he students’ book is dedicated to their l community, Indian Island, and that dty and pride shine through on 100 es. The reader realizes that these kids >y their heritage and are comfortable jg Indians with a past and a future, he Penobscot youngsters deserve to e their book compared to the work of it W igginton and the “ Foxfire" series, ch consist of researching, interviewing explaining regional culture and dia- Island man on abuse fean y" Bears undreds of years. The thing I like to think about when I think of bears is what it lust be like to hibernate. Some people say bears sleep all winter nd never wake up until spring. But other people say they do m ----------------------- -m DAY CARE HEAD TEACHER Passamaquoddy Indian Day Care Princeton Maine Center I area (York, Cumberland, Oxford, A j ■droscoggin, Sagadahoc, and Lincol I Counties) with emphasis on the greatt | Portland Metorpolitan area. Nath ■American background and Maine Stal �Wabanaki Alliance D ecem ber 1980 Page 1 1 Hints for Health Poetry By Dr. Fenn Welch Penobscot Health & Social Services Priceless Peace hJof Beauty so much around us And over the hilltops here Where could a man g o farther And find a peace m ore true? Info a city, into a crowd Into the smoke filled alleys Out and out some m ore until Somcthere the heart will rally. c<3^ p e 1 \j o o A Song I am singing to myself. And, I am hearing the birds sing to me. I am walking through the woods to see if I can find som e raccoons. Like as a pill or a long lost one To a dying man the woods m ust com t Bringing thence to the heartsick soul A peace more rare than a white man’gold. s There they are!" I am goin g to g e t them. Oh, they got away! For gold won't heal and a peace well sought Will bring to the soul a quiet lot Of the woods, the flowers, a Liny brook Where few men where God will look. What do I hear? I hear my drums! I have to go now — To the son g of my drum. The handwork of a saint above Where we may rest and know w e’ loved re Where we may well find peace and rest Whatever we are, we know tis blest To us mankind. -the w.MKjq 1 -'fUeq c a w b d r iv e v*-iis 1 4-Wt- U s h i £A l( 4_V v<l £ . (JC V m e.t\f i *£ L -V TWO DAYS LATER.... / "TWe deN-fisV Stv'ic) / uUe s h o u l d lea,<TN /+ > sF o? Ke_ON<iJs -£ d e.caj .1 0r- e vuC \ Q3 _?ta.\r- VU .T-fec-ph . -E ’ ''TView's ' r i d i c u l cj u s ! \ -rke. +€ .£-{-W I am home! Shannon Sapiel D. D’ boise Am THAT EVENING___ v. Mills: Olympics to life insurance SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Billy Mills, a Sioux Indian raised on a reservation in South Dakota, was born into a family tenaciously holding onto its pride and dignity despite the day-to-day stru ggle for existence. Billy lost both parents by the tim e he was 13 and was education at a BIA boarding school. He carried with him the memory of his father as a sym bol of dignity. Billy received an athletic schol arship to University of Kansas w here he graduated in physical education in 1962. Mills grew into manhood harboring a desire to win for himself, as well as to win recognition for his people. His deter mination drove him to work in college to qualify for the 1960 Olympic team in the 10,000-meter run. He failed to make it that year but with renewed vigor he began running 110 miles a week. In 1964 he qualified for the Olympic team and entered the race with a 1,000 to 1 chance of winning. Overcoming these odds, Billy went on to create an upset in Olympic Game history. He was not only the first American Indian, but the first American ever to win a Gold Medal in the 10,000 m eter race. Billy is still the only American to have won that honor. Mills was a m em ber of the com m ittee for the 1968 and 1972 Olympic Games. He is currently a m em ber of the President’ s Council on Physical Fitness. Mills has given som e time and energy to guiding the developm ent of the Indian youth. He has been in community services of various types and is a m em ber of the public speakers bureau of Sports Illus trated. He has addressed diverse audi ences on business, governm ent and aca demic matters, Indian associations, tribal governm ents and religious groups. A gymnasium and a Post Office building in Pine Ridge, South Dakota have been named after Mills. Mills has traveled in the U.S., Canada. South America, W estern and Eastern Europe, Russia, Scandinavia and Japan. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps. Mills is now a life insurance underwriter for Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company and lives in Sacramento, Cali fornia with his wife and their three daughters. VETERANS ADMINISTRATION Owned Homes For Sale in Washington County Equal Housing OPPORTUNITY Main Sfcfeet, Baring, Maine 3 bedroom, 2-car garage — $28,500.00 — $500.00 D.P. 9 Academy Street, Calais, Maine 4 bedroom, ready to m ove into. Reduced to $28,500.00 — $500.00 D.P. Summer Street, Calais, Maine 4 bedroom, new heating system — $22,900.00 — $500.00 D.P. Indian Way By William B. Newell EDITOR’ NOTE: William B. Newell, a S Penobscot, resides at Indian Island. A retired professor, he is contributing a column on Indian ways. In the field of science the American Indians were especially clever. Zero was invented a thousand years before the Arabians came out within the Old World. The calendar system of the Maya was far superior to our own system and much more accurate. The first people to develop the decimal system represented in the Quipu of the Peruvian w ere Indians. This hundreds of years before the white man. Metallurgy. They worked gold, silver, and bronze better than any of the ancient civilizations of the Old World. They w ere the first to use and work platinum. Arts and Crafts. The famous textiles of the Peruvians have been recognized by authorities as being the best the world has ever seen. Authorities claim that no race on earth made baskets as well as the Poma and other Indian tribes of California. Their beauty and technique excelled all others. Agriculture. Irrigation, fertilizers, crop rotation, and many other so-called modern farming methods w ere practiced by the intensive agriculturists of the Southwest in the United States and Peru. Masonry. The stone walls of Cuzco are still as great a m ystery to us today as they ever have been. W e do not know how the stones w ere quarried and so well fitted together. Modern apartment buildings are much like the Pubelo buildings of the Hopi and Zuni Indians. Chewing Gum. Shaking Hands is ju st a good old Indian custom. 32 Monroe Street, Calais, Maine 3 bedroom, priced for handyman — $14,000.00 — no D.P. Main Street, Princeton, Maine ANYONE CAN BUY YOU DON’ HAVE TO T BF. A VETERAN See Your Local Real Estate Broker Or Contact 4 bedroom — attached garage. Reduce to $27,500.00 — no D.P. All VA financed A t prevailing interest rates VETERANS ADMINISTRATION i LOAN GUARANTY DIVISION TOGUS, MAINE 04330 I Tel. 207-623-8411 Ext. 433 : � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Other Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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