family tiesIn this unit, students will learn about the unique family structure of the Penobscot people by exploring their own family relationships and comparing them to those of the Penobscots. Starting with the self and moving through nuclear and extended family and beyond, students will also explore their relationships with neighbors, community, county, state, nation – and ultimately, their global relationships.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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April 7, 1604

French cartographer Samuel de Champlain leaves from France with a French nobleman, Pierre Du Gua De Monts, for Maine. They entered the Bay of Fundy by May, and later Champlain would meet Penobscot Chief Bashabez at the mouth of the Kenduskeag Stream on the Penobscot River.