The staff strides through multiple programs in the department to preserve the rich culture and history that is so important to the people of the Penobscot Nation.  There are ongoing efforts to revitalize the Penobscot language through classes and by making use of new technology.    

 

The Penobscot Cultural & Historic Preservation Department now have the Penobscot Dictionary available on-line with audio.

 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 14, 1853

Author and Transendentalist Henry David Thoreau meets and hires Joseph Attean to guide him into the Maine woods.