Henry Red Eagle, Popular Literature, and the Native American Connection to the Maine Woods
Returning to Maine in 1936 after several decades working in the American entertainment industry, Henry Red Eagle (1885- 1972), a Maliseet from Greenville, wrote in an area newspaper of his love of the northern forest: “what I really like is to ease around in an old flannel shirt, or no shirt at al...
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DigitalCommons@UMaine
2007
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| Online Access: | https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainehistoryjournal/vol43/iss2/5 https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/context/mainehistoryjournal/article/1013/viewcontent/43_2_Article3.pdf |
| Summary: | Returning to Maine in 1936 after several decades working in the American entertainment industry, Henry Red Eagle (1885- 1972), a Maliseet from Greenville, wrote in an area newspaper of his love of the northern forest: “what I really like is to ease around in an old flannel shirt, or no shirt at all if the place and the occupation permit— and let the rest of the world go by. I like to get off on some unfrequented part of the lake or stream in my canoe or in the woods where the noise of the crowds can’t reach me. I suppose it’s a reversion to the blanket of my ancestors.†As a registered Maine guide, Red Eagle was well acquainted with the woods and waters of northern Maine. |
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