PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • October 23, 2025
Amid the chirps of chickadees, clamor of squirrels scampering up hemlock trunks and the soft flow of the Royal River, Passamaquoddy/Maliseet words can be heard in the woods of Yarmouth once again. “Nulasihkuwolpon Sipuhsisuwi Kcihq,” says the voice of Dwayne Tomah. “Welcome to Riverfront Woods Preserve.” The words emerge from the Wabanaki interpretive sign project in Yarmouth’s Riverfront Woods Preserve. Officially completed this week, the educational signs erected throughout the preserve share the history and cultural life of the Wabanaki Confederacy and its long connection to the diverse ecologies in the 50 wooded acres.