downeast.com
Open in
urlscan Pro
172.67.198.218
Public Scan
Submitted URL: https://info.downeast.com/e3t/Btc/ZQ+113/cjH1l04/VWCCl8138VvsW5LbxVC60dN6VW6TYKFS4FQnnCN3mxJ6_3q3n_V1-WJV7CgQbwW1C05KF4PSn...
Effective URL: https://downeast.com/our-towns/marie-battiste-favorite-maine-place/?utm_campaign=Down%20East%20Snapshot&utm_medium=em...
Submission: On February 22 via api from BE — Scanned from DE
Effective URL: https://downeast.com/our-towns/marie-battiste-favorite-maine-place/?utm_campaign=Down%20East%20Snapshot&utm_medium=em...
Submission: On February 22 via api from BE — Scanned from DE
Form analysis
5 forms found in the DOMGET https://downeast.com/
<form method="get" class="search tipi-flex" action="https://downeast.com/">
<input type="search" class="search-field font-b" placeholder="Search" value="" name="s" autocomplete="off" aria-label="search form">
<button class="tipi-i-search-thin search-submit" type="submit" value="" aria-label="search"></button>
</form>
GET https://downeast.com/
<form method="get" class="search tipi-flex" action="https://downeast.com/">
<input type="search" class="search-field font-b" placeholder="Search" value="" name="s" autocomplete="off" aria-label="search form">
<button class="tipi-i-search-thin search-submit" type="submit" value="" aria-label="search"></button>
</form>
POST https://downeast.com/login/
<form class="lwa-form lwa-form-base" action="https://downeast.com/login/" method="post">
<div class="lwa-username lwa-input-wrap"> Username <input type="text" name="log" class="input" autocomplete="username" tabindex="1">
</div>
<div class="lwa-password lwa-input-wrap"> Password <input type="password" name="pwd" class="input" autocomplete="current-password" tabindex="2">
</div>
<div class="lwa-login_form">
</div>
<span class="lwa-status"></span>
<div class="lwa-rememberme zeen-checkbox clearfix">
<label class="tipi-vertical-c">
<input name="rememberme" tabindex="3" type="checkbox" value="forever">
<span class="zeen-i"></span> Remember Me </label>
</div>
<div class="lwa-submit-button font-b">
<button type="submit" name="wp-submit" class="tipi-button button-arrow-r button-arrow" tabindex="4">
<span class="button-title">Sign In</span><i class="tipi-i-log-in"></i>
</button>
<input type="hidden" name="lwa_profile_link" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="login-with-ajax" value="login">
</div>
<div class="bottom-options clearfix">
<div class="lwa-lostpassword">
<a class="lwa-changer" href="https://downeast.com/login/?action=lostpassword" data-changer="3">Lost password?</a>
</div>
<div class="br-option">
<a href="https://downeast.com/register/" class="lwa-changer" data-changer="2">Create an account</a>
</div>
</div>
</form>
POST https://downeast.com/register/
<form class="lwa-form lwa-register" action="https://downeast.com/register/" method="post">
<div class="lwa-username lwa-input-wrap"> Username <input type="text" name="user_login" value="">
</div>
<div class="lwa-email lwa-input-wrap"> Email <input type="text" name="user_email" value="">
</div>
<span class="lwa-status"></span>
<div class="lwa-submit-button font-b">
<input type="submit" name="wp-submit" class="tipi-button" value="Sign Up" tabindex="100">
<input type="hidden" name="login-with-ajax" value="register">
</div>
<div class="bottom-options clearfix">
<div class="bl-option clearfix">
<label class="clearfix">A password will be emailed to you.</label>
</div>
<div class="lwa-cancel-wrap">
<a class="lwa-cancel" href="#">Cancel</a>
</div>
</div>
</form>
POST https://downeast.com/login/?action=lostpassword
<form class="lwa-form lwa-remember" action="https://downeast.com/login/?action=lostpassword" method="post">
<div class="lwa-remember-email lwa-input-wrap"> Enter username or email <input type="text" name="user_login" value="">
</div>
<span class="lwa-status"></span>
<div class="lwa-submit-button font-b">
<input type="submit" class="tipi-button" value="Reset Password" tabindex="100">
<input type="hidden" name="login-with-ajax" value="remember">
</div>
<div class="bottom-options clearfix">
<div class="lwa-cancel-wrap">
<a class="lwa-cancel" href="#">Cancel</a>
</div>
</div>
</form>
Text Content
* * * Subscribe to Down East * Give a Gift Subscription * Manage my Subscription * Newsletter Sign-up * Advertise with Us * Promote Your Event * Contact Us * About Us * Company * People * Jobs * Sponsor Guidelines * Privacy Policy * * * * * * Stories * Our Towns * Food & Drink * Arts & Culture * History * Land, Water & Wildlife * Issues & Politics * Maine-Made * Guides * Best of Maine * Restaurant Reviews * Events * Travel & Outdoors * Lobster Roll Finder * Maine Retirement Community Directory * Maine Homes * Property Search * Real Estate * Homes * Gardens * Antiques * Expert Advice * Down East Shop * Jewelry * Food * Kitchen * Home & Textiles * Calendars * Prints * Photography * Where in Maine? * My Favorite Place * Reader Photo Gallery * Photography Workshops * Ben’s Picks * Reader Photo Contest * Cutest Pets Photo Contest * Maine Trips * Photography Workshops * Birdwatching * Magazines * Down East * Maine Homes by Down East * Subscribe to Down East * Subscribe to Maine Homes by Down East * Reprints/Plaques * Advertising * * Reading Dr. Marie Battiste’s Favorite Maine Place ShareTweet DR. MARIE BATTISTE’S FAVORITE MAINE PLACE Nickerson Lake, Aroostook County Photographed by Christopher A. Mills Alma Maters Battiste began her studies at the University of Maine at Presque Isle before finishing her undergrad degree in education at the University of Maine Farmington Honorary Degrees Four of them, including an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Farmington Other Awards Pierre Elliott Trudeau Fellowship, Eagle Feather bestowed by the Mi’kmaq Grand Council Marie Battiste’s education and career have taken her all across the continent — to Harvard, for a master’s degree in 1974; to Stanford University, in California, where she became the first Mi’kmaw woman to achieve a doctorate; to her family home of Potlotek First Nation in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, where, as an educator, she pioneered indigenous curricula; and to Saskatchewan, where she’s been on the University of Saskatchewan faculty for 27 years and where, last year, she received the prestigious Order of Canada — the nation’s highest civilian honor — for her scholarship and activism decolonizing education and preserving indigenous languages and knowledge. Before any of that, though, Battiste was an Aroostook County kid learning to swim in the chilly waters of Nickerson Lake, southwest of Houlton. “We’d be standing there at 8:30 in the morning, having to get in this water,” the 70-year-old professor remembers, “and it was ridiculous — who in their right mind would get up and do this? But my mother said, nope, you’re going to drown otherwise.” Battiste’s parents came to Maine from Nova Scotia to work the potato and blueberry harvests, then stayed to raise a family. They were living in Linneus in 1951 when a house fire destroyed nearly everything they had, and for a year-and-a-half afterwards, they lived in a cottage on Nickerson Lake, donated by another family. It’s the site of some of Battiste’s earliest memories. The Mi’kmaq in Maine weren’t yet federally recognized (Battiste’s brother would help to establish the Aroostook Band of Micmacs in 1991), but after the Battistes moved to Houlton, they became sort of an ad hoc welcoming committee for Mi’kmaw families coming into the state. “My family lived right on Military Street, and there was no highway yet, so anybody who came across the border went by,” Battiste remembers. “My parents were known as who you’d stop and see. They’d offer food, coffee, whatever was needed. Sometimes I lost my clothing to somebody who’d come through and didn’t have anything. My mother was one of these people who said ‘You give away a dime, it’ll always come back.’” Eventually, Battiste appreciated her mom’s mandated swimming lessons, as Nickerson Lake became the site of family outings, weekends at friends’ camps, and high-school grad parties. “It was a very significant place all through our growing up,” Battiste says. And the lakes in Saskatchewan, it turns out, are no warmer. SHARE THIS: * Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) * Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) * 7Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)7 * Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) * Click to print (Opens in new window) * Tags Aroostook CountyFebruary 2020Nickerson Lake Related MAINE NEWS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED CHRIS TOY’S FAVORITE MAINE PLACE CHASE MORRILL’S FAVORITE MAINE PLACE MAINE NEWS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED TRENDING ON DOWNEAST.COM PAT’S PIZZA: A SALUTE TO AN OLD-SCHOOL MAINE CLASSIC IN JONESPORT, A LOBSTERING COMMUNITY IS KEEPING AN AEROSPACE STARTUP GROUNDED NEW MAINE MUSIC: 4 ARTISTS TO WATCH THE BEST SLEDDING HILLS IN EVERY MAINE COUNTY 7TH ANNUAL DOWN EAST READER PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS ABOUT US * Contact Us * Staff * Submissions * Advertise * Sponsor Guidelines * Privacy Policy * Terms of Use * Employment CUSTOMER CARE * Subscribe Now * Give a Gift * Manage Account * Single Issue * Register * Newsletters MORE * Maine Homes * Down East Adventures * Reprints/Plaques * Shop * Maine Retirement Community Directory * * * * * * * * Stories * Our Towns * Food & Drink * Arts & Culture * History * Land, Water & Wildlife * Issues & Politics * Maine-Made * Guides * Best of Maine * Restaurant Reviews * Events * Travel & Outdoors * Lobster Roll Finder * Maine Retirement Community Directory * Maine Homes * Property Search * Real Estate * Homes * Gardens * Antiques * Expert Advice * Down East Shop * Jewelry * Food * Kitchen * Home & Textiles * Calendars * Prints * Photography * Where in Maine? * My Favorite Place * Reader Photo Gallery * Photography Workshops * Ben’s Picks * Reader Photo Contest * Cutest Pets Photo Contest * Maine Trips * Photography Workshops * Birdwatching * Magazines * Down East * Maine Homes by Down East * Subscribe to Down East * Subscribe to Maine Homes by Down East * Reprints/Plaques * Advertising * * * * * * Start typing to see results or hit ESC to close Portland Bangor Camden Rockland Greater Portland See all results Username Password Remember Me Sign In Lost password? Create an account Username Email A password will be emailed to you. Cancel Enter username or email Cancel We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.Ok