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	Penobscot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Penobscot is also the name of the dialect of Eastern Abenaki (an Algonquian language) that the Penobscot people speak.
		The Penobscot Indian Island Reservation is surrounded by the waters of the Penobscot River, in Penobscot County.
		It was along this river that they made seasonal pilgrimages to the ocean for seafood, and then back inland for moose, deer, elk and bear hunting, as weather dictated.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Penobscot (456 words)

	Penobscot River - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Penobscot River
		The river is a major source of hydroelectric power, and is navigable as far as Bangor.
		The explorer Samuel de Champlain was the first European to explore the river, in 1604, and it soon gained a reputation for excellent salmon fishing.
		River logging died out by the mid-20th century, since when the Penobscot has gradually regained some of its former tranquillity.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Penobscot+River (216 words)

	Penobscot Watershed
		Its West Branch rises near Penobscot Lake on the Maine/Quebec border; the East Branch at East Branch Pond near the headwaters of the Allagash River.
		The river's total fall from Penobscot Lake on the South Branch is 1,602 feet.
		The Penobscot is best known for its large historic salmon run (50,000 or more adults) and its much smaller contemporary run, which is the largest Atlantic salmon run remaining in the United States (1,000-4,000 adults in recent decades).
	www.mainerivers.org /penobscot.htm (485 words)

	Penobscot River: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pe/penobscot_river.htm (573 words)

	Penobscot - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Penobscot
		In 1975 the Penobscot sued the US government for the loss of 4 million ha/10 million acres of land they claimed was illegally taken from them.
		In 1978 the Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, and the Houlton Band of Maliseet (later claimants) were jointly awarded an out-of-court settlement of $81.5 million; this passed into law in 1980.
		The Penobscot received $26.8 million for land acquisition and a further $13.5 million settlement to be held in trust by the US government.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Penobscot (664 words)

	Penobscot River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Panorama of the Penobscot River in Millinocket, Maine.
		The Penobscot River is 350 mi (563 km) long, making it the second longest river in the U.S. state of Maine and the longest river entirely in Maine.
		It is home to the Penobscot people that live on Indian Island, Maine.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Penobscot_River (362 words)

	Penobscot River Rafting in Maine \| RaftInfo.com
		One of the most spectacular and challenging adventures in the East, the Penobscot River enjoys a reputation as a river of contrasts as it alternates between exhilarating rapids and breathtaking scenery.
		The adventure begins at Ripogenus Gorge where the river is at its most turbulent, dramatically dropping over 70 feet per mile through a narrow, granite-walled canyon into the Class V Exterminator, Staircase and Cribwork Rapids.
		Penobscot River whitewater rafting adventures are scheduled daily from early May to late September.
	www.raftinfo.com /penobscot.htm (170 words)

	Native Americans: Penobscot Indian Tribe (Penobscot Nation, Penobscott, Penobscots)
		Though the last fully fluent speaker of the Penobscot dialect has passed on, several Penobscot elders remember the language and are working to revive its use in the Penobscot Nation today.
		Recently the Penobscot Indians and their Passamaquoddy allies--despite formidable harassment from white neighbors--successfully argued that their treaty rights had been violated, and in 1980 received a settlement of $81 million for land that was illegally stolen from them.
		Penobscot history is interesting and important, but the Penobscot are still here today, too, and we have tried to feature modern writers as well as traditional folklore, contemporary art as well as museum pieces, and the issues and struggles of today as well as the tragedies of yesterday.
	www.native-languages.org /penobscot.htm (877 words)

	Sandy Sapiel - The Effects of Dioxin in the Penobscot River
		Since the river doesn’t freeze during the winter months, the bald eagle continues to fish in the area.
		The possible source of pollution comes from the paper mills, Penobscot Indian Nation, which is thirty miles down stream of the Lincoln Pulp and Paper Mill, is responsible for testing the water quality and the fish/ other species around the paper mill.
		Industries that are possibly discharging dioxin in the river are being encouraged to participate in solving this issue.
	cagesun.nmsu.edu /biah2o/report/sandy.htm (1173 words)

	PENOBSCOT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		For some of the oldest inhabitants of Maine, a river is the source of mythology, sustenance, memories of deprivation, and newfound inspiration.
		The Penobscot Indian Nation's reservation consists of Indian Island and all the islands in the Penobscot River north of Indian Island.
		Currently, the Penobscot Nation is unable to fully exercise its statutorily protected sustenance fishing rights in the Penobscot River because of the discharge on to tribal land of 2, 3, 7, 8 tetrachloro-dibenzo-p-dioxin from Lincoln Pulp and Paper Company, located 30 miles upstream from Indian Island.
	www.penobscotnation.org /articles/bisulca.htm (1581 words)

	Penobscot River Restoration News: Penobscot River Research Opportunities Abound: Science Forum Serves as Stepping Off ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Penobscot River Science Forum: Exploring Research Opportunities on the Penobscot was convened by Penobscot Partners, a coalition of the Penobscot Indian Nation and conservation groups.
		One constant theme of the forum was the opportunity that the Penobscot River project represents to the research community, both in the timing and diversity of potential topics.
		The Penobscot River Restoration Project calls for the removal of two dams along the river and the decommissioning of a third.
	www.penobscotriver.org /blog/2004/10/penobscot-river-research-opportunities.html (443 words)

	PENOBSCOT RIVER PAGE
		In the early 1950's a tunnel was bored in the rock from the dam to McKay Station.
		There appears to be a large movement of Landlocks in the spring up river from Pemadumcook Lake, and by June the river population of Landlocks greatly exceeds the winter holdover population.
		Those that survive the tunnel, turbine and penstock add to the river population of Smelt which is one of the things that make this section of the West Branch unique.
	www.maineflyfishing.com /penobsco.htm (1385 words)

	Canoe from the Penobscot River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The purpose of splitting the stem was twofold as it facilitated bending the wood into the proper shape, and permitted the builder to pass the split root lacing of the bow and stern through the stein.
		Particular attention was given to the bow and stern seams and it was found on this Penobscot canoe that small strips of cedar and birch bark had been mixed in with the pitch.
		The Micmac, with whom Denys was probably most familiar, occupied the eastern portion of the Gaspe Peninsula and northern Nova Scotia; the territory of the prehistoric Penobscot has been generally conceded by the present-day ethnologists to be confined to the watershed and bay regions of the Penobscot River.
	www.wcha.org /tidbits/penobscot (4640 words)

	THE ANCIENT PENOBSCOT, OR PANAWANSKEK.
		But there are three localities upon the river, which, it is said, were their particular places of rendezvous – Mattawamkeag, Passadumkeag, and Penobscot Falls – which latter locality was, probably, the beginning or principal point of the ancient Panawanskek.
		The fort at Passadumkeag was destroyed, by Colonel Thomas Westbrook, in 1722-3, the inhabitants having retired to Mattawamkeag.
		Little lingered upon the river, with the hope that the Tribe would change their mind; but he was disappointed, and was obliged to report to the Government his want of success.
	cprr.org /Museum/BMLRR/Penobscot.html (4775 words)

	Maine Audubon: working to conserve Maine's wildlife and wildlife habitat by engaging people in education, conservation, ...
		Today, on the banks of the Penobscot River, PPL Corporation, conservation groups, the Penobscot Indian Nation, the State of Maine, and the U.S. Department of Interior, announced an agreement aimed at restoring sea-run fish to the Penobscot River, while giving PPL Corporation the opportunity to maintain more than 90% of its current hydropower generation.
		The river is home to the nation's first salmon club and once was known for its tradition of sending the first salmon caught each year to the U.S. President.
		Signatories to the Penobscot River Restoration Project are: PPL Corporation, Penobscot Indian Nation, Atlantic Salmon Federation, American Rivers, Natural Resources Council of Maine, Trout Unlimited, the State of Maine, and the U.S. Department of Interior Bureaus of Fish and Wildlife, Indian Affairs, and the National Park Service.
	www.maineaudubon.org /news/c031006_penobscot.shtml (1273 words)

	Save Our Wild Salmon \| Press Room
		For upper river species such as salmon, shad, and alewives, it means access to hundreds of miles of excellent habitat after passing just one dam, at Milford.
		The deal is unprecedented for a river that has caused decades of strife between power companies, conservation groups, and state, federal and tribal governments, all of whom are backing it.
		Maclin called the Penobscot River project "visionary and unprecedented" and said she'd like to see such a cooperative effort on the notorious dams her group would like to see removed from the Snake River in Washington.
	www.wildsalmon.org /library/lib-detail.cfm?docID=300 (1124 words)

	As Usual, LIncoln Pulp & Paper is Innocent of Everything They tell yah (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Penobscots have long alleged that the Lincoln mill has discharged toxic chemicals that have rendered fish and plants in the Penobscot River inedible.
		In 1999, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, on behalf of the Penobscot Nation, petitioned the EPA to investigate possible contamination of the river by the mill.
		These samples were not from the Penobscot River, but from a wetland in the middle of the 300-acre facility.
	www.penobscotnation.org /articles/50501.htm (1148 words)

	Penobscot River Restoration Trust (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Penobscot tribal elder Butch Phillips shares the story of the Penobscot people and the history of the river in this compelling presentation.
		celebrates paddling on the Penobscot River and her tributaries.
		The views held in this website are those of Penobscot River Restoration Trust and may not reflect those of all our partners.
	www.penobscotriver.org (118 words)

	Penobscot River Watershed History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Its West Branch rises near Penobscot Lake on the Maine/Quebec border; the East Branch Pond near the headwaters of the Allagash River.
		Shad bones found in native settlements along the Sebec River in Milo are dated to 6,000 to 8,000 B.P. Sites where sturgeon remains have been found include the junction of Pushaw and Dead Streams in Alton, the Penobscot River at Old Town and numerous sites in Penobscot Bay.
		The Penobscot word Mattamiscontis, which means a fishing place for alewives, is the name of a stream entering the west side of the Penobscot River above Howland.
	www.penobscotriver.org /histories.html (866 words)

	Boston.com / News / Local / Maine / Number of salmon in Penobscot River continues to go up
		The number of salmon returning to spawn in the Penobscot River this fall went up to the highest level in seven years.
		During this fall's migration, 1,323 adult salmon were counted at the Veazie Dam salmon trap as they made their way upriver to spawn, according to Joan Trial, a fisheries biologist at the Maine Atlantic Salmon Commission.
		The fish in the Penobscot are protected by state regulations but are not among those in Maine that have been deemed federally endangered.
	www.boston.com /news/local/maine/articles/2004/12/02/number_of_salmon_in_penobscot_river_continues_to_go_up (336 words)

	Maine Local Government - Town of Penobscot - Main Page
		Penobscot is a town in Hancock County, settled in 1760 and incorporated on February 23, 1787 from Majabigwaduce Plantation, also known as Plantation Number Three.
		The discovery of about 2000 French and Spanish coins in 1840 on a hillside near the Bagaduce River led to speculation they were either pirate treasure or the Baron de Castin's family fortune, hidden during their flight from the area in 1704.
		Northern Bay, a major spur of the Bagaduce River, splits the southern end of the town.
	www.maine.gov /local/hancock/penobscot (125 words)

	ICT [2003/12/08] Penobscot traditions shape restoration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		INDIAN ISLAND, Maine - Nature insights of the Penobscot Indian Nation are leading a coalition in a program to restore the river that bears its name, in one of the nation's largest efforts to bring back the sea-runs of fish that once thrived there.
		The Penobscot River is the largest in Maine, draining 8,570 square miles and supporting the Penobscot Nation for thousands of years.
		Fay, who has worked for the Penobscot Tribal Natural Resources department for 16 years, told Indian Country Today that the turning point in designing the project was the realization that it should restore all 11 species that once teemed in the river, not just the Atlantic salmon.
	www.indiancountry.com /content.cfm?id=1070896720 (1077 words)

	SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Penobscot River
		He wants to place Penobscot River salmon, which are not endangered, into the Dennys River, one of the rivers where salmon are endangered, to better understand why Penobscot salmon return from the ocean in greater numbers...
		But when Quick brought 40 troops from his regiment down to this northern stretch of the Penobscot River, where the whitewater plunges 80 feet from the Ripogenus Dam at the outlet of Chesuncook Lake and becomes a roaring whitewater through a gorge between two high granite walls, he hardly expected the results he saw.
		As the Penobscot River Restoration project, an effort to remove several dams and restore native migratory fish populations, goes forward, Kusnierz and his staff also will be in the perfect position to watch the river evolve.
	news.surfwax.com /geography/files/Penobscot_River.html (2405 words)

	Research at the Mitchell Center - Penobscot River Synthesis
		The Synthesis is designed for use by scientists and educators interested in the Penobscot River Restoration Project, dam removal research, and the environmental history of the Penobscot River.
		A second part of the proposed project, A Penobscot River Journal, will interpret the scientific information from the bibliography for a lay audience in newspaper articles and a printed publication produced by Maine Sea Grant.
		People who live in the communities along the river — and across the country — will be paying more attention as the project advances.
	www.umaine.edu /waterresearch/research/penobscot_synthesis.htm (322 words)

	Penobscot River's Ice on the Penobscot brought fun, profit - Wayne Reilly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A skim of ice covered the river from bank to bank a few days later, but the little Bon Ton ferry, which shuttled people back and forth between Bangor and Brewer, was able to break a channel.
		Ice boats also were in evidence on the river and area lakes, as were "ice chairs" in which "men cottagers had the pleasure of sliding their wives and daughters over the lake all day." The ice fishing season opened on Feb. 1.
		While the river may have been having trouble holding onto its ice cover, there was plenty on Cedar Street, one of Bangor's favorite coasting spots.
	www.bangornews.com /news/templates?a=125879 (1034 words)

	PEARL: Penobscot River Synthesis
		This project, currently underway, is compiling a literature review and data inventory of past and current research in the Penobscot River and its watershed.
		Anticipating increased interest in the river as the Penobscot River Restoration Project moves forward, we hope to provide scientists, educators, and communities with needed information on water quality trends, expected impacts of dam removal, river flora and fauna, environmental history, and current monitoring efforts.
		Penobscot River Journal: Canoe and kayak trips down the river in August and September 2005 will serve as a framework for a narrative of the river that brings together all of the above information.
	pearl.maine.edu /windows/penobscot (288 words)

	Penobscot Summit Draws Praise & Commitment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		If his river is polluted, so is the heart of his tribe.
		The river is much cleaner now, but not as clean as it should be, not clean enough for Dana or anyone else, Penobscot or otherwise, to take full advantage of it.
		So today, members of all four of Maine's Indian tribes – the Penobscot Nation, the Passamaquoddy Tribe, the Houlton Band of Maliseets and the Aroostook Band of Micmacs – are meeting with environmentalists from across the state for a "river summit" to figure ways to protect and restore the state's waterways.
	www.penobscotnation.org /articles/022401summit.htm (681 words)

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