The moose fell, and turned into that specific stone-Kineo Rhyolite-that is quarried at Mount Kineo and is the perfect tool for making projectile points. Wabanaki oral histories re-count stories of Gluscabe, who created Mount Kineo by making an arrowhead out of a nearby stone and shooting it at a cow moose. For this reason, it was ideal for making projectile points and other tools. The Kineo Rhyolite is prized for being an extremely strong and durable stone, yet easily carved. The mountain contains one of the largest formations of rhyolite (igneous rock that is the volcanic equivalent of granite) in the world. Mount Kineo is located on Moosehead Lake. Their mobile lifestyle was prosperous, but radically changed with the coming of European settlers around 400 years ago, and later with the splitting of ancestral territory through the establishment of arbitrary international and state borders. Their cultures also have changed over time, with the development of sophisticated political networks, evolving philosophies, and a deep understanding of the landscape.įor generations, Wabanaki people traveled seasonally, planting corn on the riverbanks in the spring, harvesting fish on the coast and gathering berries during the summer, and hunting game in the woods during wintertime. Wabanakis are constantly adapting in response to dramatic changes in the environment. Wabanaki people, including the Maliseet, Micmac, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, and Abenaki Nations, have inhabited what is now northern New England, the Canadian Maritimes, and Quebec, since time immemorial according to oral histories, and for at least 13,000 years according to the archaeological record. Please visit State of Mind: Becoming Maine, a companion exhibition examining Maine's Bicentennial. On display at Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress Street, Portland, Maine from April 12, 2019-February 1, 2020
(Penobscot) Director of Cultural and Historic Preservation, Penobscot Nation Suzanne Greenlaw (Maliseet) Ph.D student, University of Maine, Orono Tilly Laskey, Curator, Maine Historical Society Micah Pawling, Professor of History and Native American Studies, University of Maine, Orono Darren Ranco (Penobscot), Professor of Anthropology and Coordinator of Native American Research, University of Maine, Orono Theresa Secord (Penobscot), Artist and Maine Historical Society Trustee Ashley Smith (Wabanaki descent), Assistant Professor of Native American Studies and Environmental Justice, Hampshire College, Massachusetts Donald Soctomah (Passamaquoddy) Director, Passamaquoddy Cultural Heritage Center and Passamaquoddy Tribal Historic Preservation Officer. Lisa Brooks (Abenaki) Professor of English and American Studies, Amherst College, Massachusetts James Eric Francis Sr. Holding up the Sky was curated and advised by:
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