Passamaquoddy elder Joseph Nicholas over-rode almost all other events when he summed up the activities from the Native American point of view with his charm and humor. Nicholas is a lively 78 year old Passamaquoddy born in Indian Township, the Native Reservation located outside of Calais, Maine. Nicholas also represented the Native Americans in the Main State Legislature for several years. When asked by a Canadian reporter covering the celebrations what Nicholas would have said to his people and to the French if he had been the first Passamaquoddy to greet the Europeans in 1604, his classic response was quick and witty. “I’d say, ‘Well, there goes the neighborhood!’”
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