Penobscot
Americannoun
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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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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 count of salmon at the Milford Dam in the Penobscot River has been over 1,000 in four of the last five years, Maine data show.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2023
Start with “Night of the Living Rez,” by Morgan Talty, a citizen of the Penobscot Indian Nation.
From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2023
“We’re disappointed that the governor continues to block self-determination policies that would better the lives of tribal citizens and rural Mainers,” said Penobscot Nation Chief Kirk Francis.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 30, 2023
“What are you talking about? That’s crazy! Make your parents send you to Penobscot School with me. Or I’ll make my parents send me wherever you go. Never see each other again...that’s not possible!”
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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
Among the first Indian entrepreneurs to tap the lode were Maine's Penobscots, in 1976.
From Time Magazine Archive
These, with the Penobscots or Tarratines, are the Etchemins of early French waiters.
From Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV by Francis Parkman
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