ANNUAL REPORT F ISCAL YEAR 2013OCTOBER 1, 2012 – SEPTEMBER 30 , 2013

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I N S P I R I N G N E W L E A R N I N G A B O U T T H E WA B A N A K I N AT I O N S W I T H E V E RY V I S I T

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Last year was nothing short of awesome! Our most notable achievement was to be designated a Smithsonian Affiliate, the first and only museum in Maine to be so honored. We marked this recognition with a celebration in July in which Kevin Gover, Director of the National Museum of the American Indian, and Harold Closter, Director of Smithsonian Affiliations presented Abbe President/CEO, Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko, with the award. This partnership with the Smithsonian in Washington, DC enhances our ability to secure a much larger place for the Abbe, not just on MDI but in the state and throughout the country.

In June, Abbe members elected a new trustee, Katherine Stroud Bucklin. Katherine is one of the founders of the Abbe Underground, the museum’s affinity group for the under-40 crowd. And she is the owner of Star Gallery, a new enterprise in Northeast Harbor. She and her husband Michael live in the village where both families have strong year-round and summer ties. Katherine brings a fresh perspective and energy to our work, especially in her service on the Gathering Gala Committee.

Your board continues its new learning, as our mission inspires us to do. At our annual retreat in late September, 2012, trustees and staff spent an invigorating day with facilitator Jamie Bissonette Lewey, Chair of the Maine Indian Tribal State Commission, and Director of the Healing Justice

Message from the Chair

Program of the New England American Friends Service Committee. Jamie has worked for three decades on issues of sovereignty, self-determination, treaties, and criminal justice with indigenous communities in the US, Canada, Mexico, and South Africa. Her facilitation of our workshop and her ability to engage us in respectful and constructive dialogue between and among our Native and non-Native board members helped us gain a deeper understanding of issues central to Maine’s Native communities. An outcome of the retreat was a commitment from trustees and staff to:

• better understand Wabanaki culture, history and values

• examine Abbe museum practices at every level – collections, operations, strategic planning, exhibits, advocacy, programs and events – to see whether, in what ways, and to what extent they reflect those values

• take steps toward practices that embody this commitment

To this end, we have established a Decolonization Initiative Task Force, composed of representatives from the board and staff, to develop a plan of phased work to do research, create a guiding document, assess Abbe practices, and identify and implement changes.

This report marks my final contribution to our Annual Report as Board Chair. In August, 2014, Ann Cox Halkett

will assume the leadership role for the Board. Ann lives in Bar Harbor and is the development and public relations writer at the MDI Biological Laboratory. Her childhood in New York City was brightened by summers spent at Tranquility Farm on Frenchman Bay in Gouldsboro, the site of several of the Abbe’s digs and field schools. She still spends part of every summer there with her extended family, and her affection for Maine led her to move to Portland after college and then raise her four children in Cherryfield. In addition to her work in development, she has been an organic blueberry grower, family planning counselor, newspaper columnist, and freelance writer. She has served on the boards of the Downeast Food Co-op, the Downeast AIDS Network, and the Narraguagus Nursery School, and on the vestry of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Southwest Harbor. Her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English come from Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania.

It has been an honor to serve as Chair for five years and I take great pleasure in the achievements we are making collectively to expand the reach and visibility of the Abbe, and to make significant progress toward being a learning board. It is with confidence and enthusiasm that I turn the board helm over to the enormous talents of Ann Cox Halkett.

-Sandy Wilcox

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Message from thePresident & CEO

The Abbe is a place of learning, a place for memories, and a place for community. It is a museum where cultures converge, people connect with each other, and new experiences and understandings are gained. And now, as a Smithsonian Affiliate, we’ve partnered with the world’s largest museum to bring a piece of the Smithsonian to Maine. Through collaborative exhibits, programs, marketing power, and special projects, we will dramatically expand our visibility as a valuable cultural resource for Maine and beyond.

It’s appropriate that in our 85th year, we remember Dr. Robert Abbe’s legacy as we plan for the future. We can reflect on how the organization has evolved over time and the impact it has had on the learning of its hundreds of thousands of visitors. Education still remains at the center of what we do every day, as we share the story of the Wabanaki Nations, the first peoples of Maine. The campaign and subsequent expansion into our year-round facility in downtown Bar Harbor made it possible for us to grow and properly care for the collections and offer changing exhibits, workshops, and programs. We are now an institution that works closely with Native people - at the staff, board, and advisory level – to develop educational content for our audiences.

This annual report signals the near completion of our five-year strategic plan. It is a plan designed to stabilize the Abbe’s finances and chart a path for the future. As you’ll see throughout this document, we’ve done just that and so much more. That “more” became evident in 2013:

• Receiving the invitation to become a Smithsonian Affiliate was a wonderful surprise and our Affiliate status serves as a “housekeeping seal of approval.”

• Building a birchbark canoe in our courtyard was a blast and it has made lasting memories for the participants.

• Making great strides in our Greening the Abbe initiative by landing a $220,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities was a great milestone in our campaign.

• Spreading our wings as a teacher resource with the expansion of our educational staff, establishing new teacher and curriculum connections across the state, and matching the second year of the Institute for Museum and Library Services grant through our Gala paddle raise and a gift from the Betterment Fund are all outstanding achievements as we consider our state-wide role.

• Producing another year of provocative and thoughtful exhibits that involved multiple voices and perspectives from the

Wabanaki communities demonstrates how Native voice is primary voice at the Abbe and shows how, as a museum, we engage audiences through artifacts and facilitate their access to Wabanaki history and culture.

As Maine’s first and only Smithsonian Affiliate, the Abbe’s future is bright and the trustees and staff are imagining a brilliant strategic plan of the future. We will begin our planning efforts in 2014 and we will look to our stakeholders to help us strengthen our ideas and make them feasible.

Finally, as Sandy mentioned in her letter, she is looking at the end of her board leadership role in 2014. While she’ll remain on the board until her term is complete, I will miss her direct support, guidance, and motivation. She has helped me be the best leader possible and she has shaped a board of trustees who are engaged and excited about their roles. And in preparation for the transition, she has been a generous mentor for her successor, Ann Cox Halkett, who will become the chair in August 2014. Both women give their all to the museum and I am the luckiest museum leader I know.

-Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko

photo by Rogier van Bakel, Eager Eye Photography

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Education is the focus of our work at the Abbe Museum. The most visible way we educate our audiences is through exhibits and educational programs. This last year, we showcased a variety of topics, using traditional and new exhibit spaces. In particular, over the winter we renovated the back room at our Sieur de Monts location, opening it up for exhibit space. This was made possible through a special gift from the Sharpe Family Foundation.

Through our exhibits, programs, workshops, and demonstrations, visitors are encouraged to learn about Wabanaki history from a first-person perspective. New understanding brings new opportunities for growth, as visitors to the Abbe Museum consider complex implications of colonization, sovereignty, and cross-cultural exchange.

WABANAKI GUIDES

February 7 through December 28, 2013

Guest curators Donald Soctomah, Passamaquoddy, and James Eric Francis, Sr., Penobscot

Wabanaki Guides, our major exhibit for the 2013 season, welcomed visitors on a journey through Maine’s woods, rivers, lakes, and coast, alongside Native guides throughout history and into the present. The exhibit highlighted the unique ways Wabanaki knowledge of the land and waterways influenced Maine’s early visitors and it illustrated how this legacy is linked to the modern-day tribes, tourism, and environmental sustainability in Maine. Maine’s changing seasons framed the varied role of Wabanaki guides over time, and the importance of guiding in contemporary Wabanaki communities was shared by current guides and their clients. The exhibit included some great hands-on activities for kids of all ages,

including a tracking game, a winter survival quiz, and a general store where young visitors could select their supplies for a trip with a Wabanaki guide. Programming associated with the exhibit included tracking workshops, talks by contemporary Wabanaki guides, a place names tour of Mount Desert Island, and a panel discussion, Sipul Ckuwaponahkik: Rivers of the Dawnland, highlighting contemporary issues that the Wabanaki people face when trying to maintain sovereignty over a common resource.

Exhibits & Programs

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2013 WAPONAHKI STUDENT ART SHOW

April 18 through December 28, 2013

A collaboration of Maine Indian Education and the Abbe Museum.

This year’s Student Art Show featured 36 artists from the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Indian Township and at Pleasant Point and the Penobscot Nation at Indian Island. They ranged in age from pre-kindergarten through grade twelve. Through the expressive works of these young artists we glimpsed their lives, culture, and natural surroundings. Watercolor, pencil, pastel, and acrylic were employed with confidence to bring images to life: a dancing whale, passionate flowers, birds and deer, a washer woman, and Mount Katahdin. Special thanks to K.A. McDonald Picture Framing in Bar Harbor for their generous in-kind contribution, professionally framing all of the artwork for this important collaborative exhibit.

Exhibits (cont.)

N’TOLONAPEMK: OUR RELATIVE’S PLACE

November 2, 2012 through April 2014

Guest curators Donald Soctomah, Passamaquoddy, Ellen Cowie, Northeast Archaeology Research Center, and Arthur Spiess, Maine Historic Preservation Commission

This exhibit tells the stories of an 8,600 year old Passamaquoddy village site on Meddybemps Lake in eastern Maine through the diverse, yet complimentary, perspectives of Passamaquoddy traditional knowledge, archaeology, and a variety of natural sciences. N’tolonapemk was a Superfund clean-up site because of a toxic waste dump created at the outlet of the lake in the late 20th century. Part of the project included extensive archaeological investigations, and the involvement of the Passamaquoddy community throughout the project led to a rich and varied interpretation of the site. This involvement helped heal the land, and demonstrated how much more we can learn when we consider the diversity of perspectives on Wabanaki history. The exhibit featured artifacts uncovered at the site, now housed at the Abbe.

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INDIVISIBLE : AFRICAN-NATIVE AMERICAN LIVES IN THE AMERICAS

May 23 through August 4, 2013

IndiVisible is a traveling exhibit from the National Museum of the American Indian, the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service.

As a brand new Smithsonian Affiliate, the Abbe was exciting to host this exhibit about the intersection of American Indian and African American people and cultures. IndiVisible explored historical and contemporary stories of peoples and communities whose shared histories are woven into the fabric of American identity, but whose presence has long been invisible to many in the U.S. The exhibition shed light on the dynamics of race, community, culture, and creativity, while addressing the human desire to belong. With compelling text and powerful graphics, the exhibition included accounts of cultural integration and diffusion as well as the struggle to define and preserve identity. The Abbe, working with the Smithsonian, produced a number of compelling programs around this exhibit, including a panel discussion about blood quantum debates among the Wabanaki tribes, a genealogy workshop, and a discussion with exhibit curator Gabrielle Tayac, Piscataway, titled Displacement, Adoption, and Citizenship.

ST. SAUVEUR: A MEETING OF NATIONS

Opened May 23, 2013 at the Abbe at Sieur de Monts Spring, ongoing

On the 400th anniversary of the short-lived French Jesuit mission on Frenchman Bay, this exhibit looks at what we know about the mission, including the ongoing debate about where exactly it was located. But it also delves into the wider context of Wabanaki-French-English interaction from the early sixteenth century through 1762. The interactions, conflicts, accommodations, and diplomacy between these three nations in eastern Maine over two centuries present a complicated history that continues to have implications for the Wabanaki in the region today.

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Education at the Abbe

CULTURAL CONNECTIONS IN THE PARK

After the success of the programs in 2012, the Abbe Museum once again organized a series of Native-led programs and demonstrations in Acadia National Park. With a total of ten programs that were attended by more than two thousand people, Cultural Connections in the Park provided visitors to Mount Desert Island with the opportunity to learn about Wabanaki history, culture, and traditions. These programs teach visitors about the Wabanaki’s deep-rooted connections to their homelands, encourage participants to consider the Wabanaki contributions to Maine history and technology, and share the important role that collaboration plays in the preservation of culture.

Acadia visitors connected with a talented group of Wabanaki educators, artists, and culture keepers:

John Dennis, Mik’maq, hand drumming

Eldon Hanning, Micmac, ash preparation and basketmaking

Dawna Meader-York, Passamaquoddy, moccasin-making

Ron Bear and Dean Francis, Penobscot, hand drumming

Rick Hunt and Carolyn Black-Hunt - The Laughing Couple Storytelling Duo, Abenaki, storytelling and live illustration

Hawk Henries, Nipmuck, flute playing

Burnurwurbskek Singers, Penobscot, drumming, singing and dancing

George Neptune, Passamaquoddy, basketmaking and birchbark canoe building

Butch Jacobs, Passamaquoddy, ash pounding

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A HISTORIC CANOE-BUILD

Over four weeks in August and September, Abbe visitors witnessed history in the making: the first birchbark canoe to be built on Mount Desert Island in over 100 years. Made possible by a gift from Donna and David Reis, master canoe builders Steve Cayard and David Moses Bridges, Passamaquoddy, spent 200 hours gathering birchbark, spruce roots, and maple and cedar wood, and another 500 hours constructing the fourteen-foot canoe. Weighing approximately 60 pounds, and capable of carrying up to 800 pounds, the birchbark canoe is a perfect aquatic vehicle. Visitors were encouraged to ask questions and participate in the construction of the canoe. Made mostly with hand tools and etched with traditional Passamaquoddy designs, it is now a permanent addition to the Abbe’s education collection. Unlike the permanent collection, pieces in the education collections are meant for handling, interaction, and travel to outreach programs. This tactile experience provides participants with an engaging way of understanding Wabanaki culture.

Our history was not always recorded in a positive light. It created stereotypes or failed to recognize or understand the native way of life. Through educational programs, exhibits and advocacy, the Abbe has shown there is beauty and dignity to the culture and traditions of the indigenous people of Maine.

-Butch Phillips, Penobscot Nation

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EXPANDING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

In 2012, the Abbe was awarded a matching federal grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. This grant supports the development of a three-year teacher training program to re-frame classroom conversations to comply with LD-291, Maine’s Wabanaki Teaching Initiative, and enabled us to hire a Museum Educator, George Neptune, Passamaquoddy. In addition to various lesson plans, Neptune has also created several new educational programs that provide students with a much deeper understanding of Wabanaki material and social culture, both past and present. With lesson plans well underway, year two of the IMLS award focuses on developing, refining, and assessing the effectiveness of the lesson plans, and shifts focus toward the direct teacher training elements.

The new programs include: Wabanaki song and dance, storytelling, imitation “birchbark” activities, imitation “ash” weaving activities, Passamaquoddy language based activities, Indian stereotypes, candy basket workshops, imitation wampum belt workshops, beading workshops, Wabanaki Guides tracking workshop, and an IndiVisible fashion design workshop.

ABBE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS BY THE NUMBERS2,000 students and 500 teachers in Maine attended fifty-seven school and teacher programs

7,000 people attended 77 public programs

2,000 people attended 10 public programs in Acadia National Park

Education (cont.)

photo by Mel Rice

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ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD SCHOOL AT TRANQUILITY FARM

The pictures of the past at Tranquility Farm are starting to come into better focus as we continue to return to the site over multiple seasons, building each year on what was uncovered during previous field schools. A small and enthusiastic group spent the week excavating two areas of the site. Exciting artifacts included bone and stone points, a whetstone, clusters of both dentate-stamped and cord-wrapped stick impressed pottery, and a beautiful stemmed spear point made of white quartz. Even more important, perhaps, than the cool artifacts, is the discovery of several features that are evidence of how people lived on the site. We have uncovered evidence of at least two house pits or house floors, and in some locations, fire hearths and storage pits associated with the houses. When added to a house floor uncovered during field schools at the site in the 1990s, we are developing an increasingly detailed picture of the lives of the Wabanaki ancestors at Tranquility Farm.

In addition to learning how to excavate a shell midden site, participants in the 2013 field school learned about flint knapping (stone tool making) from Chris Sockalexis, Penobscot Nation

Tribal Historic Preservation Officer and about Passamaquoddy language and music from Abbe Museum educator George Neptune. Penobscot archaeologist Bonnie Newsom shared her ongoing doctoral research on pottery manufacture and what it might be able to tell us about the individuals and communities who created the pottery, and Art Spiess and David Haliwell went into more depth on what we know about the animals harvested for food on the site and in the region, and how we know about it. And this year’s hardy group of budding archaeologists weathered some pretty wild summer weather with great fortitude!

“The Abbe Museum’s archaeology field School gave me access to Native and non-Native perspectives on past Indigenous settlements and lifeways, enriched by hands-on learning during a week-long excavation on the coast of Maine. I learned more during my week in the field with the Abbe Museum than I could have imagined possible!”

- Ani St. Amand, 2013 Field School Participant

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In 2013, the Abbe Museum became a member of the International Coalition for the Sites of Conscience, which has this mission, “We are sites, individuals, and initiatives activating the power of places of memory to engage the public in connecting past and present in order to envision and shape a more just and humane future.” The Abbe team looks to Sites for advice and training as we tackle challenging topics around race, stereotypes, and current

In late 2012, the Abbe Museum Board of Trustees established a Decolonization Initiative Task Force. The Initiative was an outgrowth of the 2012 Board Annual Retreat, facilitated by Jamie Bissonette Lewey, where trustees and staff tackled the complex issue of sovereignty. To quote Jamie, “The understanding of what is encompassed in the idea of sovereignty and how it is achieved is crucial in the building of relationships between Native and non-Native people.”

An outcome of the retreat was a commitment from trustees and the staff to:

• better understand Wabanaki culture, history and values

• examine the Abbe’s museum practices at every level to see whether, in what ways, and to what extent they reflect those values

• take steps toward practices that embody this commitment

In our discussions following the retreat, terms like “colonialism,” “colonization,” and “decolonization” surfaced, suggesting a framework for engaging this commitment. A Decolonization Initiative began and a Task Force appointed to lead the effort.

During its initial convening, the Task Force considered the scope of its work, and identified key concepts that underpin the discussions board and staff are having. These include, but are not limited to: sovereignty (cultural and legal), culture, decolonization, colonization, racism, history of the Abbe Museum, and vocabulary/jargon. As we consider and understand these concepts, we will also conduct phased work that will move the Abbe toward decolonized museum practices.

Phase 1: Develop Awareness

• establish scope of the initiative and a management plan• research and reading

• conduct colleague interviews with standardized questions; compile results

• prepare an annotated bibliography• create a guiding document/philosophy

Phase 2: Assess the Abbe

• determine subject areas• identify needed changes and possible roadblocks and develop

alternatives/solutions

Phase 3: Implement the Changes

• establish timetable and impacts of the recommended changes• makes changes (document and communicate)• develop evaluative measures

Phase 4: Maintain and Improve

• develop training strategy for incoming board and staff• do regular check-ups/offer trainings• respond to feedback loop

The DCI Task Force has identified sectors of museum operations that must be considered in the decolonization process: collections, operations, governance, strategic planning, exhibits, advocacy, programs and events. Other sectors may be identified during the research phase.

The Task Force is excited about its work and is looking forward to sharing our lessons and ideas with our colleagues and friends. We recognize that there is not an end date for this initiative; it is a constant process. But, we anticipate developing key findings that will help the Abbe and the tribal communities we work with as well as the tribal communities across the U.S. that collaborate with our peer museums.

Decolonization Initiative

events. For more information about this organization, visit sitesofconscience.org.

In addition, the board and staff have begun working with Steve Wessler, a human rights educator and trainer, who has led racial bias training at the Abbe. This heightened level of training is helping the Abbe team communicate more clearly and effectively with the public.

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NATIVE AMERICAN FESTIVAL AND BASKETMAKERS MARKET

In its 20th year, the Native American Festival and Basketmakers Market focused on the market which features basketmakers and other artists, representing all four tribes in Maine and beyond. Among this group are nationally renowned contemporary and traditional basketmakers who travel to Bar Harbor to sell their work, drawing collectors from across the country. Interspersed in the market atmosphere were Native dancers, drumming, singing, storytelling, and more. Attendees enjoyed fry bread, watched ash pounding demonstrations, and participated in educational activities in the Abbe tent.

Thanks to a generous marketing grant from the Maine Office of Tourism, we doubled our attendance, attracting nearly 2,000 participants. It was a festival to remember and it has set the foundation for another great event on July 12, 2014.

My grandmother loved baskets of all kinds and I grew up appreciating them. When we moved to MDI, I investigated the Sieur de Monts museum and began to learn about the Native American basketmakers. I am proud to support the Abbe Museum and its support of the beautiful work of the four tribes of Maine.

-Ann Staples Waldron

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Gifts to the Collection and New Acquisitions

New Cultural Identity, cream wool skirt and cap, beaded with gold plate seed beads, by Leon Sockbeson (LEON), 2011, gift of the artist.

Purchases at the 2012 Maine Indian Basketmakers Sale and Demonstration at the Hudson Museum, Diane Kopec Collection Fund:

Fancy basket by Frank Hanning, Micmac, brown ash.

Pack basket by Gabriel Frey, Passamaquoddy, brown ash.

Talking stick by Joe Dana, Penobscot, birch.

Talking stick by Erik Sappier, Penobscot, birch.

Coiled sweetgrass basket by Paul St. John, Passamaquoddy and Ojibwa, sweetgrass, twine, glass beads, porcupine quills, and birchbark.

Fiddleheads beaded purse, wool with glass beads, by Rhonda Besaw, 2011, gift of the artist.

Etched birchbark box by David Moses Bridge, Passamaquoddy. Museum purchase, Friends of the Collection Fund.

Fancy basket by Doris Chapman, Passamaquoddy, 2007, gift of W. Jean Rohrer.

Sewing basket by Clara Neptune Keezer, Passamaquoddy, 2007, gift of W. Jean Rohrer.

Fancy basket by Clara Neptune Keezer, Passamaquoddy, 2006, gift of W. Jean Rohrer.

Birchbark mocuck by Eric Otter Bacon, Passamaquoddy, 2012. Museum purchase, Friends of the Collection Fund.

Purchases at the 2013 Native American Festival, Diane Kopec Collection Fund:

Loon by Gina Brooks, Maliseet, pen and ink on paper, 16” x 11”

Salmon, by Gina Brooks, Maliseet, pen and ink on paper, 12.5” x 9.5”

Moose, by Gina Brooks, Maliseet, pen and ink on paper, 13.5” x 10.25”

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Bear, by Gina Brooks, Maliseet, pen and ink on paper, 16” x 11”

Fancy basket by Amanda Ennis, Maliseet, brown ash, sweetgrass, dye, glass and metal beads, and wire.

Fancy point basket by Ganessa Bryant, Penobscot, brown ash, dye, and sweetgrass.

Large point basket by Max Sanipass Romero, Mi’kmaq/ Laguna and Taos Pueblo, brown ash, sweetgrass.

Dragonfly necklace by Gal Frey, Passamaquoddy, seed beads and semi-precious stone beads.

Library

The Maine Woods, by Henry David Thoreau, 1906, and History of the Indians of North and South America, by Samuel Griswold Goodrich, 1848. Gift of Sturgis Turnbull.

Collection of books on Native American culture and religion, gift of MaryAnn Sheridan.

Back issues of American Indian Art magazine and National Museum of the American Indian magazine, gift of Beverly Crofoot.

My first interaction with the Abbe Museum was as a volunteer for the Gala Committee. The experience was so thrilling, due to the great personalities of the Abbe staff and volunteers, it quickly evolved into co-creating the Abbe Underground, a young friends group. My involvement grew as I learned more about the Abbe and their mission to champion the living history - past, present and future - of the different Native populations here on the island and beyond. Museums have always held a special place for me and the Abbe stands out as celebrating an entire culture in all aspects. I look forward to my growing commitment to the Abbe Museum.

-Katherine Stroud Bucklin, Abbe Trustee

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On the eve of the 20th Native American Festival and Basketmakers Market, July 5, the Abbe celebrated many successes: our status as a Smithsonian Affiliate, the Smithsonian traveling exhibit Indivisible: African-Native American Lives in the Americas and the Festival, and we threw in our Annual Meeting to boot! It was a perfect evening: beautiful weather, 150 guests and wonderful speeches by Harold Closter, Director of Smithsonian Affiliations, Kevin Gover, Director of the National Museum of the American Indian and Theresa Secord, Executive Director of the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance. Some memorable quotes from the evening:

Smithsonian Affiliation

It is absolutely clear that you are doing great work here at the Abbe, and we are so thrilled to be partnering with you.

I have been blown away by the vibrancy and enduring quality of art and culture in this region.

Through our partnership with the Abbe, we hope to reach more and more people here, especially those who cannot come to Washington, while also spreading the work of the Abbe nationally.

-Harold Closter

As the first and only Smithsonian Affiliate in Maine (less than 200 in the nation), we’ve established a long-term partnership that will provide the Abbe access to the Smithsonian’s many resources, including its 136 million object collections, scholarships and educational opportunities for staff, traveling exhibits and membership benefits. Additionally, the Abbe and the Smithsonian will begin to pursue collaborations with one another, spreading the work of both cultural institutions. Thanks to you, we were able to achieve this Affiliate status which will help us in so many ways – increased attendance, collaborative projects, new approaches to our museum work, and so much more. We’re just getting started!

We have so much appreciation for the Abbe for working so closely with us; the gift shop here is the largest retail seller of Wabanaki baskets in Maine.

-Theresa Secord, Penobscot

It is very gratifying to us to see how the museums are working with Native American communities and the partnership that they are developing; and you can see everywhere around you here that the Abbe is developing a fine relationship with the tribal communities. -Kevin Gover, Pawnee

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We made outstanding progress on the Greening the Abbe initiative this year by implementing a number of changes in the first part of the Greening project. This included the installation of a new HVAC controls system, which is web-accessible with a graphic interface. This new system has made the controls easy to work with and more transparent to non-HVAC technicians like the Abbe staff, and our improved understanding of the system and how to make appropriate adjustments has brought about more efficient and reliable operations of the system.

At the same time, a variety of adjustments were made to the entire climate control system in the building, such as better utilization of system set-backs and more appropriate use of the heat recovery system. The air handling system was re-balanced, and light-filtering film was installed on the windows in the Circle of Four Directions. Overall, as a result of the changes to the HVAC system, we have reduced oil consumption by 19% and electricity consumption by 5%.

Early steps in improving the efficiency of the Abbe’s lighting system have included the replacement of incandescent light bulbs in the Community Gallery with LED bulbs, and this is ongoing in other spaces in the museum. We are also now using LED task lighting at our desks, and limiting the use of overhead lighting. Abbe staff are also getting much better at turning off lights when a room is not in use, and closing doors that do not need to be open to make it easier for the HVAC system to keep each space at the appropriate temperature and humidity.

In December of 2012 we applied for an implementation grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support several key components of the Greening project, including a major overhaul of our gallery lighting and changes and updates to our dehumidification systems. In July we received word that we had been awarded a $220,000 grant, to make these upgrades, beginning in January of 2014.

With the exciting changes that have been achieved, and the big projects expected to be completed in the coming year, the Greening the Abbe is quickly taking us to a more sustainable future for the Abbe’s amazing facilities.

One of the goals of the Greening the Abbe is to reduce waste and environmental impact from the exhibit fabrication process. Exhibit fabrication materials from Indians and Rusticators were substantially repurposed or recycled to create Wabanaki Guides.

80% repurposed: used in the fabrication of Wabanaki Guides

10% repurposed: used to create or improve storage in exhibit prep space

2% recycled: 12 pounds of metal recycled (screws, nails, etc.); scrap wood used for kindling

8% discarded: to the landfill

We have also switched to recycled or recyclable materials used to mount exhibit graphics, and some of our large exhibit graphic material is now printed on fabric banners that can easily be stored and reused in future exhibits.

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This last year was an exciting time for the Abbe Museum in many ways. We celebrated 85 years as an institution, researched and fabricated five new exhibits, hosted 30,000 visitors from around the world, and we became Maine’s first Smithsonian Affiliate. All of this was made possible by you and we are extremely grateful for your generosity.

Support for our 2013 flagship exhibit, Wabanaki Guides, was very strong. Thanks to generous individuals, businesses and foundations, we exceeded the fundraising goals and our audiences benefited by experiencing a one-of-a-kind exhibit accompanied by a full year of robust programming. A clear standout was the month-long artist-in-residency program, building a birchbark canoe from start to finish. Master canoe builders David Moses Bridges, Passamaquoddy, and Steve Cayard worked through the various stages of construction for a rapt audience.

In addition, the five new

Message from theDirector of Development

exhibits were accompanied by a combined total of 52 programs, workshops, and demonstrations. Thanks to your membership and annual fund donations, most of our programs are offered at no charge and are open to the public.

In the spring of 2013, we received a generous grant from the Betterment Foundation to match a three-year grant for educational programs that we received from the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) in the summer of 2012. At our annual Gathering Gala in July, an additional matching $33,000 was donated during the paddle raise to support education at the Abbe. The Gala is our largest annual fundraising event and accounts for about 10% of our annual goal. Thanks to the generosity of our auction donors, artists, sponsors, and guests, the 2013 Gala was one of our most successful events in recent history.

We launched the Greening the Abbe initiative at our 2012 gala with our first paddle raise. It was a terrific success and in the fall of that year, we began making

necessary changes to our systems to lower our carbon footprint and electricity bills. In July 2013—one year later—we received a grant for $220,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities to continue our efforts toward making the museum more environmentally responsible and sustainable.

Thank you for contributing to the fiscal health and vibrancy of the Abbe Museum. I cannot emphasize enough that your gift, no matter the size, truly makes a difference. It is because of you that we were asked to become a Smithsonian Affiliate and it is because of you that we can continue to produce the high-quality educational programs and exhibits that our visitors expect. Through your support, we are able to reach out and inspire new learning about the Wabanaki for thousands of Maine school children, teachers and visitors. Thank you for helping to create a more understanding and respectful society by supporting the educational experiences at the Abbe.

Thank you for all you do.

-Hannah Whalen

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THE GOLDEN TROWEL AWARD

The rarely-seen, highly-coveted Golden Trowel Award was given to the Acadia Corporation, which has been an incredible supporter of the Abbe Museum through the popular Tea, Popovers, and Archaeology program held at the Jordan Pond House each October. For fourteen years, they have generously opened their doors and made popover magic happen, all in the spirit of education and archaeological interest. Many of the attendees have been there every year – and they really know what an amazing gift the Acadia Corporation is to the Abbe Museum.

In recent years, they’ve increased their support to the Abbe. This summer, they funded ten Cultural Connections programs inside Acadia National Park. Native demonstrators and artisans were present on Wednesdays in July and August and the series included drumming performances, storytelling, ash pounding demonstrations, and so much more. And, for the past few years, the Abbe staff has worked closely with Acadia Corp to provide Native-made products for the Jordan Pond House shop and other concession locations. This has allowed us to grow as an economic engine for the tribal communities – we were able to buy more at markets and on buying trips which had a positive impact on everyone involved in the production of beautiful basketry, jewelry, and other Wabanaki-made crafts.

Beginning in 2014, Acadia Corporation will not be the concessioner in Acadia National Park. Another contractor, Dawnland, LLC, will take over the reins. This is the end of an era for Acadia Corp and the Abbe, but not the end of an important partnership and friendship. We are so grateful to all the wonderful people who work at Acadia Corp and we especially appreciate the talent and support of Dave Woodside and Michael Daley (pictured above.)

To mark this relationship and the end of an era, we honored the Acadia Corporation with the highest award the Abbe Museum bestows, the Golden Trowel Award. Given to individuals and organizations who support the Abbe above and beyond the call of duty and who are committed to our mission and our work, this is only the third time this award has been given in our eighty five year history. In 2013, we honored the Acadia Corporation.

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Our fiscal year now ends in September, so the following donations were received October 1, 2012 – September 30, 2013. Gifts received during the remainder of 2013 will be included in our 2014 Annual Report.

Over the winter of 2012-2013, we converted our donor database. If there are any errors in these lists, they are wholly our own and are the result of the conversion. Please let us know if you find any errors by contacting giving@abbemuseum.org. We apologize in advance for any incorrect information you may find.

QUILLWORK LEVELDrs. John and Lynn BensonCharles Butt

BROWN ASH LEVELAnonymous Katherine Stroud Bucklin and Michael

Bucklin Millard F. Coffin Mr. and Mrs. Gavin H. Watson, Jr.Howard B. WellmanPeter and Tia Rosengarten

BIRCHBARK LEVELAnonymousGerald and Marie BerlinEdward W. and Susan W. ClaytonCoach Stop InnMary J. HermanRachel KrevansBarbara McLeod and David HalesElma Abbe RickardsClint StretchSandy Wilcox and Jack Russell

SWEETGRASS LEVELMr. and Mrs. R. AbbottCharles and Barbara AdamsAlan and Diane AmendtJudy BancroftLaurie BeasleyRobert and Ellen BeekmanDick and Vicky BergmanLeslie C. and Barbara J. BrewerElizabeth Brown and Mark SmithJ. Linzee and Linda Allen Brown

Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko and Lawrence Legutko

Joseph F. and Alyne K. CistoneSylvia Y. CoughSally Scully CrockVal Davis and Les HarbourDrs. Jeffrey M. and Linda R. DunnDavid and Susan EdsonMark Eggleton and Janet BerkelSuzanne FitzGeraldGary Friedmann Ed and Patsy FogartyRichard and Barbara FoxLance and Anne FunderburkCelia Gibbs and Wendy PalmquistSheldon and Jill GoldthwaitRennie and David GreenfieldBill and Anita HavilandNancy and Joseph HayesSusan Pope HaysMr. and Mrs. John HendersonElizabeth and Melville HodderDave and Carolyn HollenbeckBarbara and Bill JacksonJohn Maddaus and Elizabeth JohnsMr. and Mrs. Lawrence C. JohnstonMr. and Mrs. James M. KelloggDr. and Mrs. Julius R. KrevansGeorge and Elise S. LiddleCynthia E. Livingston and Henry L.P.

SchmelzerThe Lustusky FamilyRebecca J. MacQuinnGrace L. MadeiraMargaret MartinAlan and Vittoria McIlhennyDouglas Monteith and Mary AllenRichard and Marcia MorrisonSusan and David MyersHelen A. and Walter M. NortonJane Porter

Nancy and Dan PoteetIvan and Sherry RasmussenMr. and Mrs. John ReevesSydney Roberts RockefellerJean RohrerLucy Rowe and Keith HutchisonAnn Koch SchonbergerPatti and Jerry SeligPeter and Lucy Bell SellersDean SilversHoward and Dee SolomonDrs. Martha and Arthur SpiessMichael SprowlsRobert and Linda ThayerDr. Brad and Lynn P. ThompsonJohn L. ThorndikeLouisa and John TroubhGerard Vasisko and Margot WoolleyAnn Staples WaldronMrs. Doris Walton

HOUSEHOLD LEVELMr. and Mrs. Wm. Whipple AbbeBrie Abbe and Mwaura NgoimaTimothy and Karen AcernoAnonymous (2)Ann Axtmann and Tibor J. Pusztair. scott baltzMr. and Mrs. Eric S. BeckjordMargaret Beckman and Christy StoutFred and Ann BensonSteve BienStephen Bicknell and Margo BoydConnie and Tristan BirkenmeierBrian and Jennifer BooherCandice Bray and Peter SmithMaureen and Bucky BrooksPhil and Astri BrooksObadiah Bourne Buell

Membership and Gifts

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Joan CatlinHenry A. CharyDeborah Chase and Mary Campbell Julia Clark and John GrayMark and Libby CluettJim and Dorothy ClunanDarron and Karen CollinsLeza and Jim ColquhounRichard and Betty CrawfordDeborah Cressler and Susan HaggstromLiz Cutler and Sam Lynos PaysonPamela outdusis CunninghamJanet DaileyFarahad Dastoor and Jean MacRaePete and Lynn DesrochersJeremy and Susan Dickson-SmithMary C. DruryWalter DuntonDominic EfterLawrence and Elizabeth EsteyDavid and Jean EvansGretchen FaulknerSamuel and Elise FeltonMr. and Mrs. Nathaniel R. FentonMr. and Mrs. Thomas H. FinlayJudith and David FischerElsie Flemings and Richard ClearyTed Fletcher and Ann KidderMichael and Jean ForbesGwen FrankfeldtCharles and Joan FrostJoan FurnariKathryn GaianguestChristopher GardnerDenise Garone and FamilyTim Garrity and Lynn BoulgerKelsey GeorgeChristine, Thomas and Ambriel GerberJoseph and Cathryn GerstnerFred Myers and Faye GinsburgMr. and Mrs. Robert J. Goetzl

Ann and Peter GommersRobert Gossart and Judith Burger-

GossartJohn and Marie GowerKatie Greene Andy and Susan GriffithsCharlie and Susanne GrosjeanLisa HallBrad and Carla HaskellJon Ho and Julie HavenerHome and Away GalleryWilliam and Nina HornerMona JohnsonJohn Engel and Deborah JonesJennifer Judd-McGee and Sam McGeeLinda Rowell-KelleyJack and Margaret KelleyAnna Kennedy Wendy Knickerbocker and David AveryChris and Kathleen KochAnne KozakDr. and Mrs. J.R. and Mary Krevans Joseph and Judith LeaderEvelyn LiebBrian Lindquist and David SchmidtCarol Lindsey and Andrina McCaffreyJim and Eileen LinnaneLunaforms LLCMrs. Marcia T. MacKinnonMarcy MacKinnonMichael and JoAnne MandracchiaJames and Judy MarcoglieseRoger and Peggy MarksSusan R. Mayne and Deann LeBeauAnn McAlhany and Lorraine SchinckDonna Meader-YorkBrenda MerrittLarry and Phyllis MobraatenDr. Alvin H. Morrison and Dr. Ann M.

SpinneyRobert and Mary Naftzger

Hal Weaver and Anne NashSusan and Jarvis NewmanMarie NolfLenny NovakCora Olgay and Alan RosenquistMichael and Ellie PancoeMolly Neptune ParkerDaniel PelletierButch PhillipsRichard and Patricia Phillips-DoyleDani Piquette-Kelly Kathy PollardDarren Ranco and Stephanie StrongRosamond and Fred ReaRachael Robinson Veronica Breceda and Kassandra

RobledoHilda K. and Thomas H. RoderickKatherine Goldthwait Ruhlin James J. Russell and Vicki

VanDenburghJules and Bob SaboSilvio and Rose SaidembergDavid and Diane SandersonMichael and Edith SavageThomas SchleyDick and Julia SchlossAnn Sears and William McArtorDerrick SekulichAbby Simpson and Todd MydlandNicholas and Edyth SmithJeremy Smith and Susan Dickson-

SmithAnn and Kaighn SmithChadbourn H. SmithSarah Sockbeson and Nicholas

HalsdorffSheridan and Barbara SteeleBrian S. RobinsonTerry Thompson and Earl FrederickMr. and Mrs. W.N. ThorndikeMs. Lucy Tracy

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Joseph P. TracyMurray and Helene TuchmanCarey and Claudia TurnbullEric and Linda UbersederRuss and Jane Van ArsdaleJennifer and Eric VanhorneMichael VermetteWayne and Michelle WalkerPatricia Ward BaileyRichard and Carol WhalenHannah and Stephen Whalen Raymond and Laurie WilliamsMarilyn and Jerry WinkelsteinArthur and Juanita WoodEleanor and Winthrop Wright

INDIVIDUAL LEVELAnonymous (2)Virginia Pratt AgarJudith BakerJudith BlakeDonald C. BriggsSharon BroomEric BuchLeonetta BurnsNancy BuzzellJoan CareyMr. Jon ClarkLisa Horsch ClarkJeffrey S. ColemanLucy CreeveyAutumn DemaineCass DowdenSusan DreierPatricia EaganPeggy ForsterMarilyn GeorgeJohn F. Gibbons Jr.Ellen M. GilmoreJudith GouldDonald E. Hall IIKelly Hrenko

Henrietta HumphreysJudith HussonCynthia JablonskiRuth JellisonAdele KluckHelen KochElizabeth KoopmanClaudia Lynn KopplemanVesta KowalskiPaul KozakJude LambSusan LapinskiMartha LeahyDr. Susan LeesMargaret MacDonaldKathy MacLeodJoanne MarianMary Vesta Marston-ScottStefanie MattesonAnne MazlishCarolyn Anne MillerJoyce B. MooreWanda MoranRev. Frank P. MorinWilliam O’Brien IIIMary O’MearaLarry OnieEsther PasztorySusan PlaistedMarcia Pond AndersonBonnie PrestonDorothy PulisCarol RayCatherine RhodesAnn RichardsRebecca SargentHelen ScaliaMaryjane SmithJudith F. StroutJudith P. SwazeyJane TawneyJudith TeeterKatharine Thomas

Membership and Gifts (cont.)

Margaret ThurstonDr. Kathy TrenholmCarol TsaousisMarty Williams

STUDENT LEVEL Nancy PriskCorey Ames Heyward

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Community Partners

BUSINESS PARTNER $1000

The Acadia CorporationBangor Daily NewsBar Harbor Bank & TrustBar Harbor Inn and Witham Family Limited

PartnershipCoastal RadiologyThe FirstK.A. McDonald Picture FramingMachias Savings BankMaine Indian EducationMaine Public Broadcasting Network - MPBN

BUSINESS ASSOCIATE $500

Barter Family GalleryGeddy’s PubGalyn’s GalleyOli’s TrolleyReel PizzaWERU-FMShane Ellis BandsWest Street Café

BUSINESS SPONSOR $300

Bar Harbor CampgroundCoach Stop InnL.S. Robinson Co.Mount Desert Island Hospital Sawyer’s Market Side Street Cafe

BUSINESS PATRON $150

A & B NaturalsAcadia National Park Tours &

Transportation Inc. Acadia Realty GroupCafe This WayCamden National BankChickadee Hill FlowersGraycote InnHouse WineInn at Bay LedgeInns at Ullikana Islesford Dock RestaurantJordan-FernaldL.S. Robinson Co. Mache BistroMira Monte InnPrimrose InnSaltair Inn

The Abbe does so much to help bring awareness about the Wabanaki Nations to the general public. It is an incredible resource to have right here in our own backyard and Machias Savings Bank is very pleased to support the efforts of this wonderful organization. -Matt Horton, Assistant Vice President, Branch Manager, Bar Harbor, ME

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KATAHDIN CIRCLE $5,000+

AnonymousMrs. Marcia T. MacKinnonAlice and Brad Wellman

LEADERSHIP CIRCLE $1,000 – 4,999

Anonymous FoundationCinnamon Catlin-Legutko and Lawrence

LegutkoSylvia CoughGerbic Foundation/Peter GerbicJack and Margaret KelleyRobert P. and Arlene R. Kogod Family

FoundationLibra FoundationAnne S. Howells Charitable TrustJoan V. NetlandMr. and Mrs. George PutnamThe David Rockefeller FundMr. & Mrs. David Rockefeller, Jr.Jean RohrerMr. and Mrs. Douglas SharpeMr. and Mrs. William N. Thorndike, Jr.Ann Staples WaldronKatharine F. Wellman and Douglas B. WellsHoward B. WellmanRichard and Christine WellmanSandy Wilcox and Jack RussellArthur and Juanita Wood

SUSTAINING DONORS $1 - $999

Anonymous (3)Trish Brown, Cleve Abbe and Cory AbbeElfriede Abbe* Jean Worth AbbeMr. and Mrs. Wm. Whipple AbbeMr. and Mrs. R. AbbottCharles and Barbara AdamsMr. and Mrs. John AdamsHarry Adams

Alan and Diane AmendtJudith BakerAlan and Patricia BaldwinBar Harbor Congregational ChurchRon BeardMr. and Mrs. Eric S. BeckjordRobert and Ellen BeekmanBee’s Inc.Joan Stroud BlaineDean E. BooherDr. H. W. Borns, Jr.F. Gorham and Amy BrighamSharon and Dick BroomJohn and Emily BrownMark and Barbara CampbellDeborah Chase and Mary CampbellJoseph F. and Alyne K. CistoneJulia Clark and John GrayCLYNK Hannaford Community CashJacque Cohen and Bea BeaudoinDru Colbert and Nancy AndrewsMr. and Mrs. Tristram C. Colket, Jr.Community Foundation of the

Chattahoochee ValleySylvia and John ConstableDoug and Posie CowanMary Cox-GoldenDeborah Cressler and Susan HaggstromLiz Cutler and Sam Lynos PaysonSally Scully CrockMargaret CruikshankDavid and Pepper CwikPeggy J. DannemanFarahad Dastoor and Jean MacRaeDwight B. Demeritt, Jr.Pete and Lynn DesrochersJeremy and Susan Dickson-SmithMary and Charles DethierDrs. Jeffrey M. and Linda R. DunnDeborah M. DyerMr. Benjamin Emory and Dr. Dianna

EmoryEnivar Charitable FundLawrence and Elizabeth EsteyDavid and Jean EvansMarc EwingRichard FaustMr. and Mrs. Nathaniel R. FentonTed Fletcher and Ann Kidder

Peggy ForsterBrian FoxGary FriedmannShirley FuerstLance and Anne FunderburkJoseph and Cathryn GerstnerCharles and Mazzie GogolakSheldon and Jill GoldthwaitRobert M. GoodmanElizabeth K. GorerRobert Gossart and Judith Burger-

GossartJudith GouldKatherine M. Haffner and Herman G.

HaffnerAnn Cox HalkettDonald E. Hall IIGerard and Jane HaradenPeter D’Arcy and Alexandra M.

HarrisonBill and Anita HavilandSuzanne and Charles HedrickWilliam and Susan HerseyJohn and Elizabeth HewlettDonald and Martha HobbsDave and Carolyn HollenbeckBetsey HoltzmannSteve and Nancy HomerWilliam and Nina HornerBarbara and Bill JacksonDobbs ProductionsNancy E. JonesMr. and Mrs. James M. KelloggDeborah KileyDennis Kiley and Johannah BlackmanAdele KluckChris and Kathleen KochDiane Kopec and Betts SwantonVesta KowalskiDr. and Mrs. J.R. and Mary KrevansRobert and Anne KriegDeborah A. LamsonJoseph and Judith LeaderSteven Katona and Susan LernerEvelyn LiebLinda LongPatrick Trowbridge and Pat LownThe Lustusky FamilyKathy MacLeod

Annual Giving

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Grace L. MadeiraMargaret MartinMiss Marguerite D. McAdooBunny McBride and Harald PrinsDanielle MeierMargot and Roger Milliken, Jr.George and Heather MitchellHoward Monroe and Victor StanleyRev. Frank P. MorinAnne MulhollandMary Peltz NeviusMarianne NewMr. and Mrs. William V.P. NewlinLynn NobilCarl NoldMarie NolfHelen A. and Walter M. NortonW. Kent OlsonMary O’MearaFred Schneper and Sally O’NeilRodney T. and Ardis K. OnoMichael and Ellie PancoeJohn PorterNancy and Dan PoteetMrs. Eben W. PyneR.D.R. RealtyDarren Ranco and Stephanie StrongMrs. Barbara RappaportJames Mroch and Mary RatnerRosamond and Fred ReaMr. and Mrs. John ReevesDonna and David ReisLinda RobinsonRoc Caivano ArchitectSydney Roberts RockefellerGordon Bok and Carol RohlDeborah RushJames J. Russell and Vicki VanDenburghEd and Martie SamekKatharine SchuttMr. and Mrs. Henry D. Sharpe, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Lester SmallidgeMr. Edward F. SnyderDrs. Martha and Arthur SpiessRoberta and Alan SpragueNancy and Elizabeth SprowlsMichael SprowlsThe Stanley Works Stewart Brecher Architects

Anne and Fred StockingRoslyn StrongMr. and Mrs. W.N. ThorndikeEmily Trask-EatonGerard Vasisko and Margot WoolleyThomas L. WattHannah and Stephen WhalenJames and Theresa WillardRaymond and Laurie WilliamsMarguerite WilliamsMarilyn and Jerry WinkelsteinDave and Kathy WoodsideCarol Woolman and Richard BullockSusan and John Wuorinen

* deceased

ENDOWMENT SUPPORTAnonymous

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE ABBE MUSEUMAysgarth StationThe Bluenose InnMaine Historic Preservation CommissionPatti and Jerry SeligDrs. Martha and Arthur SpiessPat StewartKatherine Stroud Bucklin and Michael BucklinSteve Wessler

GREENING THE ABBE INITIATIVE

Gerald and Marie BerlinCheryl and Brian Keim Jack and Margaret KelleyJean Rohrer Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Sharpe, Jr.

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SIEUR DE MONTS LEVEL $2,500

Bar Harbor Bank and TrustDarling’s

BASKETMAKER LEVEL $1,500

Bangor Daily NewsBoston Private Bank and Trust CompanyMachias Savings Bank

CANOE LEVEL $500

Anonymous Atlantic Landscape ConstructionBarbara McLeod and David HalesThe BluenoseDeadRiver CompanyFull Circle Printing SolutionsJordan FernaldLynam InsuranceNorth American PowerPackard Judd KayeRH FosterWindow Panes

WIGWAM LEVEL $250

Asticou InnBHA, LLCFioreMacey’sSiam OrchidViking Lumber

INDIVIDUAL DONORSCarole BealDrs. John and Lynn BensonRichard and Barbara DicksonMarilyn GeorgeDan and Nancy PoteetMary and Ron ProkopiusNancy StewartAlice and Brad Wellman

The 2013 GatheringGala Sponsors

A huge thanks goes out to everyone who contributed to and attended the 2013 Gathering Gala at the Bar Harbor Club on July 17. The event was a tremendous success! Thanks to 216 Gala guests, 21 sponsors, 70 artists and experience donors, and a lively crew of volunteers, the Abbe had a record-setting night. Through this outpouring of generosity, the Gala raised over $131,000 for the Abbe Museum. We received over $108,000 in gifts to support the paddle raise, Teach a Child ~ Support a Teacher, exceeding our original goal!

All of the Gala contributions make it possible for the Abbe to continue producing educational programs and exhibits that inspire thousands of visitors and students and encourage people of all ages and backgrounds to learn about the history and contemporary lives of the

Wabanaki people. This year, the gifts from the paddle raise will be used to match the three-year grant that the Abbe received from the Institute for Museum and Library Services which will allow the Abbe to produce teaching resources and support for over 800 teachers and travel to all 16 counties of Maine working with the Tribes and the Maine Department of Education to offer on-site workshops, training, and community networking.

From the Board of Trustees and the Abbe staff, a huge thank you to all who played a role in the Gala, contributing to the financial health and vibrancy of the Abbe Museum. Your generosity ensures that we will continue to shine as a beacon of learning for our local communities, the state of Maine, and around the world.

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GALA ARTISTS AND AUCTION DONORSr. scott baltzBar Harbor Bank and TrustPhilip BarterBenjamin Mendlowitz Marine

PhotographyDrs. John and Linda BensonJennifer Steen BooherAshley BryanObadiah Bourne BuellCape AirPam outdusis CunninghamDiver EdJeff DunnWalter R. Dunton Jr.Jean ForbesDr. Joseph and Cathryn GerstnerAnn and Peter GommersAmy GowerCharlie GrosjeanGull Rock PotteryLisa HallNicholas HalsdorffScott HatcherJulie HavenerCookie and Bill HornerHenry IsaacsJennifer Judd-McGeeJackson LaboratoryLeslie JonesJordan Pond HouseMaggie Kelley/Simply PearlsDan KirschnerLunaformDee LustuskyGeorge NeptuneLenny Novak

Special thanks to Senator Dennis Damon for donating his time and talent to be the Gathering Gala Auctioneer.

Marcia MacKinnonMarcy MacKinnonBrenda Park MerrittMount Desert Island

Biological LaboratoryEllie PancoeMolly Neptune ParkerButch PhillipsAnn PollardKathy PollardCarolyn and David RapkievianAnn R. RobertsJean RohrerLinda Rowell-KelleyJack RussellRose SaidemburgSid SalvatoreDerrick SekulichSam ShawSherman’s Books and StationeryArlene ShoemakerMr. and Mrs. David Shultz/

Home & Away GalleryMarion SmithSarah SockbesonPhilip S. Steel/Salty Dog GalleryStriking Gold JewelersTiffany White PhotographyFred TomahJoe TracyLucy TracyMichael VermetteHannah Casey Whalen

photo by Rogier van Bakel, Eager Eye Photography

Melina WhiteSandy WilcoxWild Acadia Fun Park

and WaterslidesDawna Meader-YorkJulia Zito

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PADDLE RAISE DONORS

Jim and Diane AshM. AthertonJoanne and Paul BeanEmily M. Beck and Geoffrey P. YoungGerald and Marie BerlinMichael Boland and Deirdre SwordsBrian and Jennifer BooherD. BookhamHugh BuchanJohn Collier and Susan Ferrante-CollierDarron and Karen CollinsJeff DalrympleDeb DeWalt and Skip WilsonDrs. Jeffrey M. and Linda R. DunnWalter DuntonDavid and Susan EdsonMr. and Mrs. Nathaniel R. FentonTom and Carroll FernaldElsie Flemings and Richard ClearyEd and Patsy FogartyMarilyn GeorgeJudith GoldsteinJoe and Cathryn GerstnerAnn Cox HalkettPeter and Elizabeth HansenJane HarrisonHilary HarwoodScott and Chloe HatcherElizabeth and Melville HodderWilliam and Nina HornerSam and Laura JuddJack and Margaret KelleyDr. and Mrs. Julius R. KrevansCynthia E. Livingston and Henry L.P. SchmelzerBarbara McLeod and David HalesJan Mactier

Margot and Roger Milliken, Jr.Robert and Deborah MilotteSusan Pope HaysJames Mroch and Mary RatnerPeter and Melissa OssannaJohn and Ruth OvertonMichael and Ellie PancoeCatherine Planchart Nancy and Dan PoteetDave QuistDarren Ranco and Stephanie StrongNelson and May RancoDavid and Donna ReisAnn R. RobertsLinda RobinsonJean RohrerPeter RudolphKen and Sidney SalvatoreMr. and Mrs. Douglas SharpeMr. and Mrs. Henry D. Sharpe, Jr.Abby Simpson and Todd MydlandSarah Sockbeson and Nicholas HalsdorffJulie StoneMary TaradashJane TawneyMurray and Helen Tuchman Rick TysonGreg and Julie VeilleuxHoward B. WellmanKatharine F. Wellman and Douglas B. WellsRichard and Christine WellmanAlice and Brad WellmanDavid WhiteSandy Wilcox and Jack Russell

During the Gathering Gala, attendees were asked to raise their paddle and make a gift to support our teacher training initiative, Teach a Child – Support Teacher. These gifts also serve as a match for our three-year grant award from the Institute for Museum and Library Services.

Paddle Raise

photo by Rogier van Bakel, Eager Eye Photography

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Our mission is only possible with the support of exhibit and educational program sponsors. They provide critical funding that allows us to connect with multiple audiences from all over the world.

Cultural Connections at the Abbe series – Bar Harbor Bank & Trust and the Maine Arts Commission

Cultural Connections in the Park series – Acadia Corporation

IndiVisible: African-Native American Lives in the Americas (and accompanying programs) – The Smithsonian Community Grant Program, funded by MetLife Foundation, Maine Community Foundation

Native American Festival and Basketmakers Market – Maine Office of Tourism, Bangor Daily News, National Endowment for the Arts, College of the Atlantic, Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance

N’tolonapemk – Machias Savings Bank, Easter Foundation/Anne and Fred Osborn III, Maine Humanities Council

LEAVING A LEGACY

Great museums don’t just happen. They are built through the generous and steady support of private donors. This support reflects a belief in the importance of museums as places to learn, inspire, preserve cultures and history, understand diversity, and share new ideas and stories.

Each year the Abbe Museum brings creative and educational exhibitions, programs, workshops, and demonstrations about the Wabanaki people to visitors from Mount Desert Island, Maine, the United States and around the world. None of this is possible without the participation of

St. Sauveur: A Meeting of Nations exhibit and Sieur de Monts renovations – Mr. and Mrs. Douglas and Ann Sharpe/Sharpe Family Foundation

Training Maine’s Classroom Teachers to Meet the Wabanaki Initiative (teacher training program) – The Betterment Fund and the Institute for Museum and Library Services

Wabanaki Guides (and accompanying programs) – Anonymous Foundation, Bangor Daily News, Bar Harbor Bank and Trust, The Margaret E. Burnham Charitable Trust, Charles Butt, Davis Family Foundation, Bill and Cookie Horner, Lynam Trust, Donna and David Reis, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas and Ann Sharpe/Sharpe Family Foundation

2013 Waponahki Student Art Show – Maine Indian Education, K.A. McDonald Custom Picture Framing

private donors. Your gifts have helped shape this museum and reflect the cultural opportunities that build strong communities.

We encourage you to join the Abbe’s Sieur de Monts Planned Giving Society by making a planned gift, helping to preserve the Abbe Museum for generations to come. If you have already remembered us in your estate plans, please let us know that we may honor you today. Please call the Development Office at 207-288-3519 to discuss how we can work together to ensure a strong future for the Abbe and our community.

Thank You

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Mark AgostiniPatricia Ayala RocabadoLizza BackesShannon BeanJoanne BeanJohn BenchJohn BensonMarie BerlinMaria BiasinChelsea BothenDavid Moses BridgesKatherine Stroud BucklinMichael BucklinRichard ClearyRachel ClearyJane CliftonJohn CollierSusan Ferrante-CollierAnn Cox HalkettJeff and Linda DunnAbigail DanglerKaty DegrassLou GallagherJoe and Cathy GerstnerEllen GilmoreAstra HaldemanAngela HaskellChloe HatcherCookie HornerEllen IidaMona JohnsonMargaret KelleyDennis KileyRebecca KirkwoodBrianna KirkwoodLarry LegutkoDee LustuskyRoger and Peggy MarksBarbara McLeodDanielle MeierDeborah MesserNicole Ouellette

Patti SeligAllison ShankKyle ShankDoug SharpeArthur SpeissMartha SpeissAnna TraversDan PoteetZoë ReifsnyderDarren RancoJean RohrerJack RussellStephen WhalenSandy WilcoxDiane ZitoFrank Zito

CULINARY ARTS COMMITTEEPatti Selig 2012-2013 ChairJeff and Linda DunnSue Ferrante-CollierJoseph and Cathryn GerstnerChloe HatcherDebby MesserSandy Wilcox

ABBE UNDERGROUND COMMITTEE Mark AgostiniLizza BackesShannon BeanMaria BiasinJohannah BlackmanChelsea BothenKatherine Stroud BucklinAstra HaldemanAngela HaskellDanielle MeierGeorge NeptuneAllison ShankKyle ShankZoë ReifsnyderWhitney Thurston

The Abbe Museum is grateful for the incredible services donated by our volunteers in 2013, from cooking for special events, to flower arranging, to pounding nails. Thank you one and all for donating your gifts to the Abbe Museum; we could not do it without you! If you would like to learn more about becoming a volunteer at the Abbe please contact the Museum or email volunteer@abbemuseum.org.

Volunteers a special thanks

The Abbe Underground launched in April 2012. The “Underground” is a young friends group at the Abbe focusing on people ages 21-40. This group was created to ensure that the museum continues to reach new audiences, initiating a vibrant future of engaged members. The Underground hosts quarterly events designed specifically to involve the next generation with the Abbe Museum. Underground events are not traditionally advertised — they are spread through word of mouth and social media.

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The fiscal year ending September 2013 (FY13) represents five years of fiscal improvement at the Abbe. After a period of uneven budget performance and recession years, the Abbe has carefully climbed to improved budget performance. This is the result of conservative budgeting, accountability, successful fundraising initiatives, and strategic financial management.

• The shift of fiscal years in 2011 (creating an audited nine-month fiscal

year) to September 30 proved to be a good strategy, bracketing our two most successful quarters around our two slower quarters (seasonal impact).

• All staff members have a role in the budgeting process and are held accountable for spending and income, when appropriate.

• As the Abbe staff and trustees have strengthened our connections with donors and stakeholders, and as we have

re-structured our development plans and opportunities, we have attracted more charitable gifts each year.

We anticipate further improvement over the next five years as we grow our investments, secure endowment gifts, and make a strong case for support to our friends. Thank you for helping us along the way.

Audit services for FY13 provided by BHA, LLC. A full copy of the 2013 audit, or previous audits, is available upon request. If you wish to learn more about the Abbe Museum finances, please call 288-3519 and speak with John Brown or Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko.

Finances from the Director of Finance, John Brown

$1,200,000

$1,000,000

$1,000,000

$800,000

$600,000

$400,000

$200,000

2013 2012 2011 2010 2009

INCOME EXPENSE

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Finances (cont.)

Assets 9/30/13 9/30/12 9/30/11 12/31/2010 12/31/2009Cash & equivalents 215,289 320,991 151,178 107,826 86,639Restricted investments 1,197,578 1,147,571 1,147,571 1,322,631 1,347,357

Receiveables 67,075 115,556 135,255 183,858 152,860Inventory 64,187 63,860 55,226 33,251 37,331Prepaid expenses 10,211 8,556 11,482 11,367 16,506Fixed assets, net, building, equipment 2,922,303 2,950,575 3,071,645 3,169,476 3,300,916

4,476643 4,607,109 4,572,357 4,828,409 4,941,609Liabilities & Net AssetsCurrent liabilitiesAccounts payable 19,294 14,024 16,536 12,168 19,541Accrued expenses 46,143 38,350 36,854 8,713Deferred revenue 1,500 750Current of long-term debt 9,763 9,306 9,073 410,000 410,000Long-term debt, less current portion 375,822 383,712 394,755 Gift certificates outstanding 175Total liabilities 451,022 446,892 457,218 431,806 429,541Net AssetsUnrestricted, building, equipment, cash 2,757,165 2,797,459 2,801,033 3,070,357 2,979,346Temporarily restricted, use 49,813 144,115 95,463 107,603 311,754Permanently restricted, endowment 1,218,643 1,218,643 1,218,643 1,218,643 1,220,968

4,476,643 4,607,109 4,572,357 4,828,409 4,941,609

ENDOWMENTInvestment fund activity, Boston Private Bank For the fiscal

year ended 9/30/13

For the fiscal For the 9 year ended month fiscal 9/30/12 year ended 12/31/11

For the fiscal year ended 12/31/10

For the fiscal year ended 12/31/09

Beginning balance 1,071,322 992,622 1,322,631 1,347,357 1,135,723Contributions, additions 50,007 77,508 8,600 34,766Income & dividends 37,594 40,044 23,341 35,627 28,860Gains/(losses) in value 84,654 96,624 (24,978) 80,472 186,219Temporarily restricted transfers to operations (40,114) (45,816) (33,275) (136,406) (26,294)Unrestricted transfers to separate account (419,050)Fees (11,466) (12,151) 8,895 (13,019) (11,916)Ending balance 1,191,997 1,071,322 937,281 1,322,631 1,347,357

FIVE-YEAR COMPARATIVE BALANCE SHEET

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CONTRIBUTIONS - 36%

IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS - 3%

ENDOWMENT FUNDS FOR OPERATIONS - 5%

FUNDRAISING EVENTS - 11%

PROGRAM REVENUE - 10%

MEMBERSHIP - 5%

MERCHANDISE SALES - 18%ADMISSIONS - 12%

INCOME 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009Contributions 240,096 299,136 143,583 288,048 243,140In-kind contributions 21,749 21,997 12,796 10,299 12,020Admissions 87,740 77,900 66,150 73,781 68,097Merchandise sales 117,736 133,407 111,049 140,685 146,951Membership 34,562 34,099 22,507 34,043 30,829Program revenue 68,396 22,534 49,676 27,293 116,680Fundraising events 79,005 62,801 46,885 35,765 48,477Event rental 840 450 1,200 1,00Endowment funds for operations 40,114 45,295 Interest & dividends, other (36,592) (5,340) (36,308) 116,894 (322,037)Total operating income 653,646 692,279 417,538 727,808 344,157

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The years 2011 - 2013 were audited or reviewed by BHA, LLC. The previous two years were audited by Nickerson Professional Association.

EXPENSESGeneral mission related 400,658 255,008 162,238 192,658 194,871Guest services 100,151 136,659 125,113 161,858 179,597General & administrative 184,722 169,435 124,469 169,508 251,556Facilities 106,242 108,786 192,400 122,575 119,223Fundraising 161,511 130,372 71,189 80,299 91,914Total operating expenses 953,284 800,260 675,408 726,899 837,160Net operating deficit (299,638) (107,981) (257,870) 909 (493,003)

OTHER INCOME & EXPENSESOther incomeNet increase in designated funds 136,243 176,681 Restricted contributions 128,950 97,448 74,237 18,990 54,870Net other income 265,193 274,129 74,237 18,990 54,870

FUNDRAISING - 17%

FACILITIES - 11%

GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE - 19%

GENERAL MISSION RELATED - 42%

GUEST SERVICES - 11%

2013

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES David Moses BridgesKatherine Stroud BucklinRichard ClearyJeff Dalrymple, TreasurerLinda K. DunnAnn Cox Halkett, Vice ChairWilliam HavilandMargaret KelleyBarbara McLeod, SecretaryRick Phillips-DoyleDarren J. RancoDouglas SharpeArthur E. SpiessAlice Wellman, Honorary TrusteeSandra K. Wilcox, Chair

ABBE MUSEUM NATIVE ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERSJohn Dennis, Aroostook Band of MicmacChief Brenda Commander, Houlton Band of

MaliseetVera Francis, Passamaquoddy, Pleasant PointBrenda Moore-Mitchell, Passamaquoddy,

Pleasant PointRick Phillips-Doyle, Passamaquoddy, Pleasant

PointJames Francis, Penobscot NationDarren Ranco, Penobscot NationChris Sockalexis, Penobscot NationVice Chief Bill Thompson, Penobscot NationCassandra Dana, Passamaquoddy, Indian

TownshipGeorge Neptune, Passamaquoddy, Indian

TownshipDonald Soctomah, Passamaquoddy, Indian

Township

ABBE MUSEUM STAFF Raney Bench, Curator of EducationJohannah Blackman, Manager of Museum ServicesJohn Brown, Director of Finance and AdministrationCinnamon Catlin-Legutko, President and CEOJulia Clark, Curator of CollectionsGeorge Neptune, Museum EducatorAllison Shank, Manager of Guest and Creative ServicesHannah Whalen, Director of Development

The Abbe is more, much more than a museum... It enshrines and enriches that most precious filament of continuity of heritage from the past to the present to the future of the First People. We are privileged and proud being part of the Abbe’s mission.

-Joseph and Cathy Gerstner

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