THE COUNTY • March 9, 2026
Vivid abstract lime green, orange and teal painted figures accented the more traditional birch bark shavings and woven indigenous creations in the new Wabanaki Cultural Exhibit designed to breathe life into the generational artistic story of the state’s Indigenous people. The cultural exhibit, a project of the Wabanaki Nations, the Maine Tourism Association and the Maine Office of Tourism, opened on Thursday with a ceremony at the Maine State Visitor Information Center in Houlton on North Road just off I-95. The exhibit welcomes visitors to the Wabanaki Territory and invites a deeper understanding of the cultures of Wabanaki Nations, and the traditions of the Mi’kmaq, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot that have shaped this land for generations.