Many generations ago a some people of the dawn taught some veteran's of the 18th century wars to survive in what is now called Minot. Together they lived and died. They were my people. The fledgling US Government had no money and had given "land grants" for service. The children of the next generation were compromised by a now strengthened US Government. No man was allowed to own land if they had Indian blood. The census came, asking these people if they were Indian. My people know that the Atosas and Marcenas did, but only by letters and diaries. The men, who worked the farms and businesses, gave their sons the names carried into Minot with little more than the shirts on their backs. Thank you for this insight into the culture that blended into the people my family is now.
I thank you for knowledge I had never learned about your people until I watched about REACH last night on Independent Lens/PBS. I had not idea children were taken from families and placed in White foster homes. So very sorry. I admire Indians for their strength, traditions, culture.
I own a old Ice house on the Kennebec. Across from agry point. Next to the Cohburn house where Benedict Arnold started his trip to Quebec. Agry point used to be nehumkeag trading post. A wabanaki trading post. No one around here knows or appreciates the history. It disgusts me. Respect to the wabanaki. Shame on my people for forgetting.
Many generations ago a some people of the dawn taught some veteran's of the 18th century wars to survive in what is now called Minot. Together they lived and died. They were my people. The fledgling US Government had no money and had given "land grants" for service. The children of the next generation were compromised by a now strengthened US Government. No man was allowed to own land if they had Indian blood. The census came, asking these people if they were Indian. My people know that the Atosas and Marcenas did, but only by letters and diaries. The men, who worked the farms and businesses, gave their sons the names carried into Minot with little more than the shirts on their backs. Thank you for this insight into the culture that blended into the people my family is now.
I'm proud to be Penobscot ♥️ thank you for this information from our history.
I thank you for knowledge I had never learned about your people until I watched about REACH last night on Independent Lens/PBS. I had not idea children were taken from families and placed in White foster homes. So very sorry. I admire Indians for their strength, traditions, culture.
I own a old Ice house on the Kennebec. Across from agry point. Next to the Cohburn house where Benedict Arnold started his trip to Quebec. Agry point used to be nehumkeag trading post. A wabanaki trading post. No one around here knows or appreciates the history. It disgusts me. Respect to the wabanaki. Shame on my people for forgetting.