Ducktrap Harbor is but 1.8 miles North of “Glenmoor By The Sea” and has a history rich in Native American Tribe.  ”Through an ongoing effort by Harbour Mitchell, III, a local archaeologist, the School House Museum in Lincolnville, Maine, maintains a diverse collection of Native American artifacts recovered by local residents along Ducktrap Harbor and elsewhere within the region. It also serves as the repository for numerous archaeological collections of Native American pottery, rare and unusual stone tools, and other materials Mr. Mitchell has recovered in his professional efforts in the field. The Museum’s collections represent the period from European settlement of the bay to at least 5000 years ago.” (LHS)

The Micmac tribe - The traditional Micmac territory is north and east of Maine, in what is now Canada. In the 1700′s, the Micmac, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Abenaki, and Penobscot people joined together into an alliance known as the Wabanaki Confederacy, and after that, some Micmac people settled in Maine as well. Their descendants still live in Maine today.

The Wabanaki (Eastern) Confederacy was a coalition of five Algonquian tribes of the eastern seaboard, banded together in response to Iroquois aggression. These tribes–the Abenaki, the Penobscot, the Maliseet, the Passamaquoddy, and the Mi’kmaq–each retained their own political leadership, but collaborated on broader issues such as diplomacy, war, and trade. The confederation officially disbanded in 1862, but the five tribes remain close allies, and the Wabanaki Confederacy lives on in the form of a political alliance between these historically friendly nations.

There is some confusion associated with the term “Wabanaki.” It literally means “people of the dawn” or “dawnland people,” meaning easterners, and at times all five tribes of the Wabanaki Confederacy have referred to themselves this way. Also, the Mi’kmaq and Maliseet of New Brunswick collectively refer to themselves as Wabanaki, and some information about these two tribes has this name on it. Finally, the Abenaki, though their name clearly has the same Algonquian root, are not identical to the Wabanaki–they are one constituent tribe, and though a Maliseet may be referred to as a Wabanaki, he is not an Abenaki. (LHS)

On your next visit to Maine and “Glenmoor By The Sea” take a bit of extra time out of your day and instead of combing the beaches for Perwinkles and Sand Dollars see if you may have a bit of luck with finding a true American artifact! If you would like to learn more about the Ductrap Harbor site and the Lincolnville Historical Society please follow this link: http://www.lincolnvillehistory.org/

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