While there is evidence that Maine's earliest inhabitants were
descendants of Ice Age hunters, the Micmacs and Abanakis (or Wabanakis) were credited
with the earliest settlement of Maine. Although dozens of tribes once inhabited the land, only two remain today.
Passamaquoddies (1,500) live on two reservations, the largest of which
is located Pleasant Point near Eastport. The Penobscots (1,200) live on
Indian Island in the Penobscot River at Old Town.
The first white set
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