houlton band of maliseets cemetary project - gsm summit 2014, sue young
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Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians Cemetery Project
Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians
Federally Recognized October 10, 1980 Tribal Population – 1460 Maine – 995 Aroostook County – 640 Land Base – 1,325 acres Houlton Littleton Monticello
Metahksonikewiyik People of the Meduxnekeag
Questions ? ? ? ? ?
Who should be buried in the cemetery?
Should there be a separate Veteran’s section?
Should there be a baby section? Can I have a traditional Maliseet burial?
Will there be family plots? Can I rebury my family in the new cemetery?
Should there be permanent stone markers? Wooden markers? Metal Plaques?
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What if I want to be cremated? Should there be a gathering space?
Will there be a Medicine Wheel Garden?
875 surveys sent out
418 responses received
5 pages of comments
Special Thanks to our Partners • David S. Hopkins, Jr. P.E./P.F CES, Inc., Presque Isle, Maine • James A. Doolittle, Research Soil Scientist Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) National Soil Science Center, Soil Survey & Research Lab Newtown, PA • Helena Swiatek, District Conservationist
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Houlton, Maine
• Charles Morris Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center University of Maine, Orono, Maine
• Mike Rogers, LEED-AP Coplon Associates, Bar Harbor, Maine
• Nicole Friederichs, Practitioner-in-Residence Indian Law & Indigenous Peoples Clinic Suffolk University – Boston, Massachusetts • Lillian Chu – law student • Jennifer Egan - law student
For more information
Susan Young Natural Resources Director
Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians
88 Bell Road
Littleton, ME 04730
207-532-4273 ext. 202
207-532-6883 fax