Interestingly, to bring everyone up to speed to today for these tribes, take a look at the inevitable evolvement when avalible Indian lands occur and what unity of a group effort can accomplish. Rhonda Houston http://www.mpbc.org/mpbcsite/television/hometsom/timelines/natamtimeline.htm l Here's a timeline of the evolution of these Indian tribes within Maine's boarders. The state of Maine finally "did keep its trust with them" after these four tribes took both the federal government and state of Maine to court twenty-one years ago. According to the Present "Atlas of the North American Indian" (ISBN # 0816039747) and the "Encyclopiedia of Native American Tribes" by Carl Waldman have to say (ISBN #081603963) about those four tribes besides having remained alive and well today. Although the Passamaquoddys'lands in 1669, did not prove as valuable at that time, the white man still took their land overtime, and in 1980, the Passamaquoddy,the Penobscot, The Houlton Band of Malisee Indians (who live in Maine who are associated with those in Canada), and the Micmac (also of Maine who are related to these other tribes) won a judgement against the federal government and state of Maine in the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act. The judgement was that both federal and state governments were to grant them $81.5 million as repayment for lands unfairly taken away from them by early settlers. With their share, the Passamaquoddy Tribe have since purchased land and invested in tribal businesses, such as the Waponahki Resource Center and Sipaik Museum on the Pleasant Point Reservation. Those of the Penobscot Tribe still live on their ancestral homeland at Indian Island, the Penobscot reservation on the Penobscot River, next to Old Town, Maine. The Maliseet who were close relative of the Passamaquoddy, who helped the French fight the British in the French and Indian War, they frequently intermarried with French settlers. The Seven Maliseet bands who presently live in Maine, hold reserve lands in both New Brunswick and Quebec. Some descendants of this Houlton Band of Maliseer still live in Maine. The Jay Treaty of 1794 give the Maliseet special crossing rights from the United States across the Canadian border, who were also part of the 1980 Maine Indian Land Claims Settlement Act. (1) Aroostook Band of Micmac Indians Headquarters: Preque Isle, Maine Tribe: Micmac (2) Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians of Maine Headquarters: Houlton, Maine Tribe: Maliseet (3) Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine Lands: Indian Township and Pleasant Point Reservations Headquarters: priceton; Perry, Maine Tribe: Passmaquoddy (4) Penobscot Nation Lands: Penobscot nation Reservation Heaquarters: Old Town, Maine Tribe: Penobscot -----Original Message----- From: Farns10th@aol.com [mailto:Farns10th@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 7:06 PM To: AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [A-REV] Maine Indians in the Revolution MAINE INDIANS IN THE REVOLUTION The following article signed "N. G." appeared in the Eastport, Maine, Sentinel in its issue of June 2, 1897: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/me/war/arw/indians/sj6p105.txt ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== ============================== Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2