Penobscot
Americannoun
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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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Whenever a worthy cause needs help in Rockland, Maine, this town of 7,000 overlooking Penobscot Bay, people reach out to Bruce Gamage Jr., an auctioneer who runs an antiques shop downtown.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2024
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
The Supreme Judicial Court heard highly technical arguments at the Penobscot Judicial Center in Bangor during a packed hearing that underscored the stakes of its ultimate decision.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 2023
The Penobscot River once supported runs of salmon in the tens of thousands, in the era before intense damming of rivers, said Dan McCaw, fisheries program manager for the Penobscot Nation.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2023
She knows that she was named for Molly Molasses, a famous Penobscot Indian born the year before America declared its independence from England.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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
He married Matilda, the daughter of Madockawando, Sachem of the Penobscots, by which tribe he was adopted and elevated to the rank of Chief.
From Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present by Le Moine, J. M. (James MacPherson), Sir
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