Honorees, from left: Beth Ahearn, Carol Wishcamper, and Rena Newell hold baskets woven by Richard Silliboy, vice chief of the Mi’kmaq Nation during Nihkaniyane on July 11. PHOTO: EMMA DAVIS/MAINE MORNING STAR

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Tribal advocates honored at Abbe Museum

By EMMA DAVIS/MAINE MORNING STAR MaineMorningStar.com The Wabanaki Nations embody what Carol Wishcamper characterized as patient persistence. Wishcamper, a founding supporter of the Wabanaki Alliance, was one of three people honored July 11 at the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor at Nihkaniyane, the second year that members of the alliance… SEE MORE