Micah Pawling

Micah Pawling received his Ph.D. in history from the University of Maine at Orono. The title of his dissertation is “Petitions and the Reconfiguration of Homeland: Persistence and Tradition Among Wabanaki Peoples in the Nineteenth Century.” His cross-border work examines why the Penobscots, Passamaquoddies, and Maliseets adopted the practice of submitting written requests or petitions to government officials in Maine, New Brunswick, and Quebec. Wabanaki peoples, through the use of petitions, attempted to wield their influence in the new geo-political realities of an international border across their homeland.

Micah has worked with the Penobscot Indian Nation on a book project entitled Wabanaki Homeland and the New State of Maine: The 1820 Journal and Plans of Survey by Joseph Treat (University of Massachusetts Press, 2007). At the University of Maine, he has taught United States History, Maine Studies, and Native Studies. A Maine legislative sentiment recognized Micah’s collaboration with Wabanaki communities in the state.