Publication Date

3-1-1979

Volume

4

Issue

4

Keywords

Local history, Penobscot Nation, Cultural Traditions, Maine Indigenous People, Basketmaking, Rural Landscapes, Antiques and Collectibles, Folklore, Fishermen, Fishing, Natural Disasters, Wildfire

Disciplines

Human Ecology | Social and Cultural Anthropology | Sociology of Culture | Work, Economy and Organizations

Description

    Contents
  • 2 Indian Island On a small island in Maine’s Penobscot River live 400 Indians of the Penobscot nation. Some of them want to join the white man's world and some look to the traditions of the past.
  • 4 ‘We Don’t Make Baskets Any More’ Madas Sapiel is an elder of the Penobscots whose life has spanned five generations of changes on Indian Island. She is a strong minded woman who admonishes her people to shape up and seek “unity.”
  • 17 Bobcat and the Governor Two of Madas’ sons illustrate divergent paths the Penobscots are taking. Bobcat looks to the traditions of the past, while his half brother, the governor, seeks economic progress for his people.
  • 18 Medicine Man of the Penobscots Senabeh, medicine man of his people, has a rare story to tell, of an odyssey that led him to live alone on an isolated island for 26 years “to become a better man.”
  • 28 Sails in a Bottle Win Morrill of South Hamilton, Massachusetts, performs magic that has bewitched children and sailors for years: putting tiny ship models into bottles.
  • 43 ‘Goddamn! That’s bad luck!’ Fishermen of Kennebunkport, Maine, tell us superstitions of the sea that they know and-maybe-believe.
  • 56 Fire! During the great fire of 1947 in Maine, the state was consumed by sixty fires that raged for a week. Eight people relate how the fire affected their lives.
  • 73 Metal Spinning Fred Cooper of Kittery, Maine, demonstrates the dying art of spinning pewter.
  • 80 Letters to Salt Our readers share their thoughts.

Publisher

SALT, Inc.

City

Kennebunkport, Maine

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