Canoe indians of the down east Maine

by William A. Haviland

Paper Book, 2012

Status

Available

Call number

E78 .M2H39 2012

Publication

Charleston : History Press, c2012.

Description

In 1604, when Frenchmen landed on Saint Croix Island, they were far from the first people to walk along its shores. For thousands of years, Etchemins--whose descendants were members of the Wabanaki Confederacy--had lived, loved and labored in Down East Maine. Bound together with neighboring people, all of whom relied heavily on canoes for transportation, trade and survival, each group still maintained its own unique cultures and customs. After the French arrived, they faced unspeakable hardships, from "the Great Dying," when disease killed up to 90 percent of coastal populations, to centuries of discrimination. Yet they never abandoned Ketakamigwa, their homeland. In this book, anthropologist William Haviland relates the history of hardship and survival endured by the natives of the Down East coast and how they have maintained their way of life over the past four hundred years.… (more)

Language

Physical description

128 p.; 23 cm

ISBN

1609496655 / 9781609496654

Barcode

34662000925260
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