Article Title
Henry Red Eagle, Popular Literature, and the Native American Connection to the Maine Woods
Publication Date
8-1-2007
Document Type
Article
First Page
187
Last Page
217
Abstract
Returning to Maine in 1936 after several decades working in
the American entertainment industry, Henry Red Eagle (1885-
1972), a Maliseet from Greenville, wrote in an area newspaper of
his love of the northern forest: “what I really like is to ease around in an
old flannel shirt, or no shirt at all if the place and the occupation permit—
and let the rest of the world go by. I like to get off on some unfrequented
part of the lake or stream in my canoe or in the woods where
the noise of the crowds can’t reach me. I suppose it’s a reversion to the
blanket of my ancestors.” As a registered Maine guide, Red Eagle was well
acquainted with the woods and waters of northern Maine.
Recommended Citation
Potts, Dale. "Henry Red Eagle, Popular Literature, and the Native American Connection to the Maine Woods." Maine History 43, 2 (2007): 187-217. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainehistoryjournal/vol43/iss2/5