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Article: Passamaquoddy/Penobscot
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PASSAMAQUODDY/PENOBSCOT
PASSAMAQUODDY/PENOBSCOT.
The Passamaquoddies and Penobscots, residents of eastern and central Maine, respectively, were among the first Native Americans contacted by Europeans. Both groups had fluid social organizations, spoke related Algonquian languages, and lived in small villages or seasonal family band camps while relying on hunting, fishing, and gathering for subsistence. They were never organized as tribes but were perceived as such by English colonials and later state and federal officials. In 2002, most Penobscots resided on Indian Island in the Penobscot River, while the Passamaquoddies were divided between Pleasant Point on Passamaquoddy Bay and ...