Penobscot
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Penobscots,
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Penobscot
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a river flowing S from N Maine into Penobscot Bay. 350 miles (565 km) long.
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a member of a North American Indian people of the Penobscot River valley.
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the Eastern Algonquian language of the Penobscot, a dialect of Abenaki.
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The manager, Kevin Howell, 51, of Carmel, was with his son when they both fell through the ice while crossing Etna Pond, the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office said on Facebook.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2024
Start with “Night of the Living Rez,” by Morgan Talty, a citizen of the Penobscot Indian Nation.
From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2023
The Penobscot are one member of the Wabanaki Nations, which encompasses Indigenous peoples living in what is now Maine.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
“Today signifies a landmark victory in the pursuit of Wabanaki self-determination,” Penobscot Nation Chief Kirk Francis said Thursday in a statement.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
She was about nineteen, a year or two older than I, and came from Penobscot in Maine.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
The Penobscots, whose reservation is on an island in the river, sued in 2012 after then-Attorney General William Schneider issued an opinion that the tribe’s territory was limited to islands.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 18, 2022
The declaration is familiar to many Penobscots because a copy of the document was displayed at the tribal offices at Indian Island, Maine.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2021
The land transferred from Elliotsville Foundation is located to the west of the town of Brownsville in Piscataquis County, in between two parcels of land already owned by Penobscots.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 30, 2020
In Maine the Penobscots and Passamaquoddies, who once demanded 12 million acres, or two-thirds of the state, have come down to 300,000 acres, and may well settle for less.
From Time Magazine Archive
This Abenaki band, ancestors of the present Penobscots, were no idolaters, but had been converted more than half a century.
From Montcalm and Wolfe by Francis Parkman
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