In 1806, the town of Orono named its settlement in honor of Penobscot Indian Nation Chief Joseph Orono. Naming places after people is a European tradition, not something American Indians often, if ever, did. At the time the settlement took on Orono… Read More
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The European Way: Naming areas for people, places and things
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