We're the only American Indian owned and operated museum and store in the area, since 1969. We are trying to preserve our culture through the teaching of on-going educational programs, research, dancing, and a spiritual awareness and respect for mother earth. This private family museum was a labor of love and built despite many hardships. There is over 2,400 square feet of Indian culture for you t
o enjoy. We have put a special focus on Maine with a small separate room devoted to over 600 old Maine Indian baskets and bark containers. Our Museum is open admission FREE to give everyone a chance to visit and browse regardless of finances. Although we have operating expenses, we maintain our Museum through the sales of the crafts that we make here. Any donations are greatly appreciated, since we receive no federal, state, or local government financial museum funding. Wheel chair access ramp. Old Stone artifacts, Smoked (brain tanned) Moosehide-Beaver Fur, Moccasins with Porcupine, Quill & Moosehair Embroidery, Quill Looms, Belts, Boxes, Bear-Claw-Antler Carved Necklaces, Glass Hudson Bay Trade Beads, Deer Toe Dancer Garters, Shell Wampum Beads, Soap Stone Carvings, Moosehair-Quill Pipe Bags, Corn Crushers, Gourd Bowls/Dippers, Old Pipes, Dream Nets, Tamarak Tree Twigs Duck/Goose Hunting Decoys, Birch Bark Cradle Boards, Moose Calls, Maple Sugaring Mukok Containers, Bows-Arrows, Rawhide & Wood Fish Traps, Bentwood Frame Cargo Sleds, Horn Spoons, Crooked Knives, Eskimo Items, Snapping/Box Turtle Rattles, Flutes, Pre-Historic (1000-12000 AD) Pottery, Indian Rugs, Log & Hide Water Drums, War Clubs, Corn Husk Moccasins, Masks, Salt Bottles, Mummy/Kachina Dolls, Antique Skookum Indian Dolls, Seal Skin Items, Cree Brain Tanned Mitts/Boots, Sioux Shields, Buffalo Horned Medicine Bonnets, a ten foot long Birch Bark Hunter Canoe with spruce root lacing and porcupine quill trim, a twelve foot long Solid Wood Dug Out Racing Canoe and MUCH MUCH MORE!! One wall is devoted to animal pelts and hides that Maine tribes used with information on their habitat. There are also nature items of interest on display. Visitors enjoy trying drums, rattles, rainsticks, petting hides, and crushing corn in an old mortar and pestle. Much time has been take to carefully historically research and label each item.
