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˜Native American Tribes of Maine –

˜The original inhabitants of the area that is now Maine included:

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The Maliseet tribe

The Passamaquoddy tribe

The Abenaki tribe

The Penobscot Indians

The Micmac tribe

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˜There are five federally recognized Indian tribes in Maine today.

Here are the addresses of Maine's Indian reservations:

1 Aroostook Band of Micmacs:
PO Box 772
Presque Isle, ME 04769

2 Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians:
RR 3 Box 450
Houlton, ME 04730
http://www.maliseets.com/ (under construction)

3 Passamaquoddy Tribe of Indian Township:
PO Box 301
Princeton, ME 04668
http://www.passamaquoddy.com/

4 Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point:
PO Box 343
Perry, ME 04667
http://www.wabanaki.com/

5 Penobscot Nation:
Community Building
Old Town, ME 04468
http://www.penobscotnation.org/

Recommended books about Maine Native Americans:

Maine Indians: Introducing Maine's Native American history and culture to kids.

Twelve Thousand Years: Good reference book on the Wabanaki Indians of Maine.

Women of the Dawn: Biographies of four Maine Penobscot women.

Unsettled Past, Unsettled Future: The history of relations between Native Americans and European Americans in Maine.

Native American Place Names of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont: The native etymology of present-day place-names in New England.

Other resources about American Indian history, culture and society in Maine state:

People of the Dawn: Information about the Indian tribes of Maine.

Wabanaki: Articles about native issues from the Maine Rural Development Council.

Maine Native American Culture: Historical timeline and maps for the Penobscot Indians and Wabanaki tribes.

American Indigenous Studies: Maine: Resources and links about Maine Indian tribes.

Indian Tribes in Maine: History and genealogy of American Indians in Maine.

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