River Otters at Evergreen Ponds

Our area of Maine loves nature news. So when we heard in the news that there were visiting river otters in the ponds at Evergreen Cemetery, we joined many other Portland residents to go to the cemeter

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Marie Madeleine Napeteiashu

“Even if you don’t know who your ancestors are, your ancestors know who you are.” @drxicana Dra. Vanessa M. Bustamante I think I am coming to the end of my intensive search for the family of my Innu t

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Hidden Moon

I’m starting to write this early in the morning. The clouds are covering the sky, and the eclipse of the full moon is happening now, invisible, but I can feel it in how dark the outside has become. A

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Another realization…

After being away for a day, I have a new realization to share in my hunt for Marie Madeleine. Because, after 1802 or so, priests started recording names using the father’s Innu name like a surname, it

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Two Marie Madeleines

In the search for my matrilineal ancestor Marie Madeleine, I am feeling the need to summarize where I’ve come to so far. If you’ve been following along, you know that I’ve been searching through hundr

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