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PublishedJuly 1, 2014
Tepid response from authorities leaves tribe furious
November 16, 1965 Story by Colin Woodard, Staff Writer Photos by Gabe Souza / Staff Photographer The headstone for Peter Francis sits in a small graveyard on the Pleasant Point reservation Down East. When his slaying in 1965 failed to result in any murder warrants being served, it became “a turning point in … Indian […]
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PublishedJuly 1, 2014
A simmering conflict, stoked by alcohol, erupts
November 14, 1965 Story by Colin Woodard, Staff Writer Photos by Gabe Souza / Staff Photographer Violence broke out in November 1965 in the yard outside Christy Altvater’s house, above, located just outside the Pleasant Point reservation. Two Passamaquoddy Indians were left badly beaten, one of them fatally. Photo by Gabe Souza/Staff Photographer The Altvater […]
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PublishedJune 30, 2014
White men from out of state come hunting for girls
November 14, 1965 Story by Colin Woodard, Staff Writer Photos by Gabe Souza / Staff Photographer Captured in the early morning through the aperture of a pinhole camera recently, this stretch of road leads into Pleasant Point Indian Reservation, where a menacing situation developed late in 1965, when out-of-state hunters clashed with the native residents. […]
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PublishedJune 29, 2014
An unlikely handshake alters the course of Maine’s history
May 19, 1964 Story by Colin Woodard, Staff Writer Photos by Gabe Souza / Staff Photographer Traditions and trials have been a part of Indian life in Maine for as long as members of the Passamaquoddy tribe, like this elder at Indian Township, can remember. Their ancestors found sustenance in this corner of the world […]
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PublishedJune 27, 2014
A 13,000-year journey leads to a breaking point
Over eons, the tribe's ancestors established a cycle of sustenance on their lands. Then the Europeans arrived.
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