# Aroostook 

# Band of

# Micmacs 

# And Houlton 

# Band of Maliseets Integrated 

# Resources 

# Management Plan 

# Survey Report of

# Land Use and Natural 

# Resource Priorities

Conducted for 

## The Aroostook 

# Band of

## Micmacs and The Houlton 

# Band of Maliseets

In Partnershipwith the Natural 

### Resource Conservation Service



## Responsive 

# Management July

## 2001

# Aroostook 

# Band of

# Micmacs 

# And Houlton 

# Band of Maliseets Integrated 

# Resources 

# Management Plan 

# Survey Report of

# Land Use and Natural 

# Resource Priorities

July

## 2001



# Responsive Management National Office Mark Damian 

## Duda Executive Director Peter

## De Michele 

# Ph

# D Director of 

### Research Steven 

# J Bissell

# Ph

# D Qualitative 

### Research Associate Ping

# Wang 

# Ph

# D Quantitative 

### Research Associate 

### JimHerrick 

# Ph

# D Research Associate Alison 

### Lanier Business 

### Manager William 

### Testerman Survey CenterManager Joy

## Yoder Research Associate 

## Dana Koller Assistant

### Survey Center

### Manager 130 Franklin Street

# PO Box 389 Harrisonburg 

## VA22801 

## Phone 

## 540 4321888 

## Fax540

## 432 1892 

# email 

# mddudaricanet 

# wwwresponsivemanagement

## com

## We would like to thank the Aroostook 

### Band of

### Micmacs including Tribal ChiefWilliam Phillips Director of Realty Assets Corey

## Brown and Director of Environmental Health Fred 

### Coreyfor all their assistance with this project 

# We would also like to thank the Houlton 

### Band of Maliseets including Tribal Chief Brenda 

### Commander Natural Resources Director Anthony 

## Tomah and Environmental Planner Sharri 

### Venno for all their assistance with this project4 Responsive Management 

# TABLE 

# OFCONTENTS TABLE OFCONTENTS 4 

# EXECUTIVE

# SUMMARY
5 

# INTRODUCTION 

# AND

# METHODOLOGY 8 

# RESULTS 10 Importance of

## Various Plants

## and Their 

## Uses for

# New Tribal 

## Lands 10 Importance of

## TimberProduction 

## and Farming

# on Tribal 

## Lands 11 Importance of

## Various

## Animals for

# New Tribal 

## Lands 12 Attitudes of

## the 

## Aroostook Toward Bear Hunting 

# on Tribal 

## Lands12 Cultural

## and Historical Site Priorities 

### forTribal

# Lands 13 Tribal 

## Customsand Traditions Priorities 

### for

# New Tribal 

## Lands 14 Outdoor Recreation Priorities 

### for

# New Tribal

# Lands 15 Parcel Size 

## and Location Proximityfor

# New Tribal 

## Lands 16 Land Access and Characteristics Priorities 

### for

# New Tribal 

## Lands 17 Demographics of

## Survey

# Respondents 19 Respondent

# Comments20 

# TABLES

21 

# SURVEY

# INSTRUMENT 75Integrated Resources 

### Management Plan Survey Report 5 

# EXECUTIVE 

# SUMMARY This study was conducted on behalf ofthe Houlton 

### Band of Maliseets and the Aroostook 

### Band of

### Micmacs The goal of this survey project was to define and document tribal values and
priorities as they related to land acquisition and natural resource use and 

### management Using a survey questionnaire 

### members ofthe Aroostook 

### Band ofMicmacs and members ofthe Houlton 

### Band of Maliseets were asked important questions about their opinions on natural resource management as it related to current tribal lands and the purchase of

### new tribal lands These opinions are important in helping to

### make future decisions about land and natural resource management for these tribes The Aroostook 

### Band of

### Micmacs and the Houlton 

### Band of Maliseets identified similar preferences and priorities in response to the Integrated Resources 

### Management Plan survey that

was conducted in the

### summer of

### 2000 

# Acombined total of430 individuals completed the survey including 183 from the Aroostook 

### Band and 247 from the Houlton 

## Band This combined respondent group 

### was predominantlyfemale

# 61 and had a

### mean age ofjustover 37 years 

### Most respondents

# 38 lived in Houlton 

# 13 were from Presque Isleand the remainder 

### was spread out across

### manyother communities Overall both the Aroostook 

### Band and the Houlton 

### Band had strongly held and nearly
identical priorities regarding tribal land acquisition and natural resource use and 

### management More than two out of three of all respondents indicated the presence ofthe following plants and

trees were very important

### when considering buying tribal lands Firewood 

### hardwood with 

# 73 brown ash baskets with

# 73 fiddleheads 

### food with

# 69 sweet grass baskets spiritual
with

# 70 and birch baskets

### canoes with

# 696 Responsive Management
Nearly half of all respondents

# 45 reported timber production was avery important use
of tribal lands and a higher percentage 

# 53 ofcombined 

### Bands indicated farming

### was a very important use of tribal lands
Fish 

# 83 and eagle

# 82 presence were rated very important 

### when considering buying tribal lands bymore than

# 80 of all respondents Other animals rated very importantby

a majority of both 

### Bandswhen considering buying tribal lands were deer

# 79 moose

# 78

birds

# 67 bear

# 66 rabbit

# 59 beaver

# 55 and fox

# 51 Among the Aroostook 

### Band of

### Micmac Indians a majorityeither strongly agreed 

# 30 or moderately agreed

# 31

that bear hunting should be allowed on tribal lands that have significant bear populations The
Houlton 

### Band survey did not include this question The majority of respondents from both Bands selected each ofthe six listed culturally or
historically significant sites for tribal members as very important 

## Amongeach 

### Band burial grounds were selected as very importantfor cultural or historical significance by the greatest percentage of respondents 

# 83

All ofthe tribal customs and traditions included in the survey were identified as very importantby a majority of respondents except for making warclubs which had just over a third



# 35 rating it as very important Customs and traditions rated very importantby

### morethan 

# 70 of respondents in both Bands were fishing

# 78 basket making

# 77 hunting 

# 73
and the combination ofsinging dancing and 

### drumming

# 71 A majority of both Bands identified several recreation opportunities as very important 

### when considering buying tribal lands Recreation opportunities that were selected very important bya majority of all respondents in rank orderincluded the following Fishing

wildlife viewing hunting canoeing kayaking hiking and 

### snow shoeingIntegrated Resources 

### Management Plan Survey Report 7

Most respondents preferred purchasing tribal land in largerparcels 

# 33 of respondents
said 500 acres or

## more and a strong majority

# 61 preferred lands that were closer to
wilderness areas 

# 61 rather than close to developed areas

# 9

Land access factors and other land characteristics which were rated very important by the majority of respondents included in rank order Access to drinking water

# 81 access to rivers and streams

# 73 access to ponds and lakes 

# 71 has fishing sites

# 71 has hunting sites



# 67 contains forestland 

# 65 access to trails and roads

# 61 has historiccultural value 

# 60 and has gathering sites

# 57
The full survey report contains complete results foreach ofthese natural resource management questions presented forcombined respondents and each ofthe two 

### Bands8 Responsive Management 

# INTRODUCTION 

# AND 

# METHODOLOGY This study was conducted on behalf ofthe Houlton 

### Band of Maliseet Indians and the Aroostook 

### Band of

### Micmac Indians The goal of this survey project was to define and document

tribal values and priorities as they related to land acquisition and natural resource useand 

### management Using a survey questionnaire 

### members ofthe Aroostook 

### Band of

### Micmac Indians and members ofthe Houlton 

### Band of Maliseet Indians were asked important questions about

their opinions on natural resource management as it related to current tribal lands and the purchase of

### new tribal lands These opinions are important in helping to

### make future decisions
about land and natural resource management forthese tribes 

### The survey questionnaire was developed cooperatively between the Aroostook 

### Band of 

### Micmac Indians the Houlton 

### Band of Maliseet Indians the Natural Resource Conservation Service and Responsive 

### Management The survey questionnaires were administered in the field

to households in the Aroostook 

### Band of

### Micmac Indians and by mailand telephone to the Houlton 

### Band of Maliseet Indians through the tribal leadership ofthese two groups 

### The collection ofcompleted responses forthe survey

### was the responsibility ofthe Aroostook 

### Band of

### Micmac Indians and the Houlton 

### Band of Maliseet Indians Completed
surveys were collected by the two Bands of Indians and then delivered by mail to Responsive 

### Management fordata entry analysis and survey report preparation forthe Integrated Resources 

### Management Plan 

# A central data management and analysis site at Responsive 

### Management headquarters allowed for rigorous quality control over data management and analysis Professional data entry personnel staffed the facilities Responsive 

### Management staff has experience conducting survey
research with computerassistance on the subjects of natural resources and outdoor recreation forIntegrated Resources 

### Management Plan Survey Report 9

state fish and wildlife agencies and natural resource organizations In addition Responsive 

### Management personnel were trained according to standards established by the Council of American Survey Research Organizations Professional staff randomly monitored data entry and
data management personnel to evaluate interviewer performance
Professional staff 

### members conducted project briefings with each data entryand data management staff 

### member prior to his or her beginning 

### work on this project Personnel were
briefed and instructed on study goals and objectives type ofstudy handling ofcompleted survey
instruments organization of survey questions and responses coding of

### openended responses and transforming data from the completed survey instruments to computer files Professional

staff edited each survey to check forclarity understanding completeness and 

### form The software used for data entryand storage was Questionnaire Programming Language 

# QPL version 4.1 National Technical Information Services 

## 1999 QPL is a comprehensive system forcomputerassisted data entry and data base 

### management The survey data were
entered into the computer as the staff read each completed survey instrument Standard quality
control measures were used to ensure accuracy and completeness ofthe entire data entry process Responsive 

### Management received a total of430 completed surveys 

### The Aroostook 

### Band of

### Micmac Indians completed 183 surveys The Houlton 

### Band of Maliseet Indians completed 247 surveys 

### Due to rounding percentages depicted in response distributions 

## mayvary slightly 

# 0.5 from actual data and therefore 

## may not total exactly

# 10010 Responsive Management 

# RESULTS Importance ofVarious Plants

## and Their

# Uses for

# New Tribal 

## Lands
From the 16 different types of uses of trees and plants the presence of 12 different types

were rated very important

### when considering buying tribal lands by a majority of all the respondents i

# e the Aroostook 

### Band respondents and the Houlton 

### Band respondents 

### combined
In rank order the presence of plant and tree uses rated very important by a majority of all respondents were the following Firewood 

### hardwood and brown ash baskets each with

# 73

sweet grass baskets spiritual with

# 70 fiddleheads 

### food with

# 69 birch baskets canoes
with

# 69 berry plants 

### food and cedar spiritual

## wigwam each with

# 59 sugar maple maple
syrup with

# 55 flag root medicine with

# 53 balsam fir tipping and alders 

### wigwam
medicine each with

# 52 and red

### dogwood medicine with

# 51 Foreach of the four other plants and trees a range offrom

# 49 down to

# 45 rated their presence as very important 

## Among the respondents from the Aroostook 

### Band of

### Micmac Indians 12 ofthe 16

different types of uses of trees and plants were rated very important

### when considering buying

tribal lands by a majority ofAroostook respondents 

### The following tree and plant uses were rated very important bya majority ofthose surveyed 

### Brown ash baskets with

# 74 firewood 

### hardwood with

# 73 sweet grass baskets with

# 71 birch baskets with

# 67 fiddleheads 

### food with

# 64 berry plants 

### food with

# 61 cedar spiritual

## wigwam with

# 59 flag root medicine with

# 57 sugar maple maple syrup with

# 55 alders 

### wigwam medicine with 

# 54 hazelnut 

### food with

# 52 and red

### dogwood medicine with

# 51 A majority of respondents from the Houlton 

### Band of Maliseet Indians rated the presence
of 11 ofthe 16 different types of uses of trees and as very important

### when considering buyingIntegrated Resources 

### Management Plan Survey Report 11

tribal lands The following tree and plant uses were considered very important Firewood



### hardwood and fiddleheads 

### food each with

# 74 brown ash baskets with

# 71 birch baskets

### canoes with

# 70 sweet grass baskets spiritual with

# 69 cedar spiritual

## wigwam
and balsam fir tipping each with

# 59 berry plants 

### food with

# 58 sugar maple maple syrup
with

# 55 and alders 

### wigwam medicine and red

### dogwood medicine each with

# 51

Additional plant and tree use priorities were identified in

# 11 ofthe completed surveys The additional uses most frequently included were various types of trees apple trees and other

fruit trees different foods and various other medicinal plants 

## Importance of

## Timber Production 

## and Farming

# on Tribal 

## Lands The survey asked about the importance of timber production and the importance of farming as uses of tribal lands 

## Among the combined respondents

# 45 rated timber production as very important For
the Aroostook 

### Band of

### Micmac Indians the percentage rating timber production very important


### was

# 49 Within the Houlton 

### Band of Maliseet Indians the percentage rating timber production
very important

### was

# 41 Farming

### was rated a very important use of tribal lands by higher percentages of respondents 

### when compared with timberproduction 

## Among all respondents 

# 53 rated farming

a very important use of tribal land In the Aroostook 

### Band of

### Micmac Indians

# 54 rated farming very important on tribal land and in the Houlton 

### Band of Maliseet Indians

# 52 rated farming a very important use of tribal land12 Responsive Management 

## Importance ofVarious

## Animals for

# New Tribal 

## Lands Tribal members were asked whether the presence ofvarious animals were important 

### when considering buying tribal lands The animals which were most frequently identified as
very important

### among the combined respondents included Fish with

# 83 eagle with

# 82 deer
with

# 79 and 

### moose with

# 78 Other animalsrated very importantby a majority ofthe combined respondents included birds

# 67 bear

# 66 rabbit

# 59 beaver 

# 55 and fox



# 51 Smallerpercentages rated the following animals very important turtles

# 45
porcupine 

# 44 muskrat

# 42 and frogs

# 39

Similarratings of animal importance were found 

### among the Aroostook 

### Band of

### Micmac
Indians and the Houlton 

### Band of Maliseet Indians Forthe Aroostook the percentage rating animals very important were in the following rank order Fish

# 81 eagle 

# 80 deer

# 76

moose

# 74 bear

# 66 birds

# 66 rabbit

# 60 beaver

# 57 fox

# 49 turtles

# 46
porcupine 

# 46 muskrat 

# 42 and frogs

# 37 Among the Houlton the percentage rating animals very important were in the following
similarbut not identical rank order Fish

# 85 eagle 

# 83 moose

# 83 deer

# 81 birds



# 69 bear

# 67 rabbit

# 58 fox

# 53 beaver

# 52 turtles

# 45 muskrat

# 43
porcupine 

# 43 and frogs

# 41

Additional animalswere identified by

# 10 of all respondents 

### The additional animals

identified as important included the coyote 

### wolf various wild birdsand several other animals


### Attitudes of

## the Aroostook 

## Toward Bear Hunting 

# on Tribal 

## Lands The survey instrumentused by the Aroostook 

### Band of

### Micmac Indians included a question about bear hunting 

### The question 

## was “Forthose tribal lands that have significant bear populations do you agree ordisagree that bear hunting should be allowed on tribal lands.” 

## Among the Aroostook 

### Band of

### Micmac Indians a majorityeither strongly agreed 

# 30 orIntegrated Resources 

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moderately agreed

# 31 that bear hunting should be allowed on tribal lands Four percent responded neither

# 7 moderatelydisagreed 

# 18 strongly disagreed and

# 10 of the surveys did
not have a response forthis question


### Cultural

## and Historical Site Priorities for

### Tribal

## Lands Both the Aroostook 

### Band of

### Micmac Indians and the Houlton 

### Band of Maliseet Indians
rated the cultural or historical significance that several places possess fortribal 

### members All six

cultural or historically significant places were ranked as very importantby a majority of both the Aroostook 

### Band of

### Micmac Indians and the Houlton 

### Band of Maliseet Indians 

### The two Bands also reported very similarranked order forthe sixcultural or historical places 

### The percentages forboth groups combined which rated various sites very important were

asfollows Burial grounds by

# 83 sacred sitessuch as

## Mt Katahdin by

# 69 water trails and

canoe portages or carries by

# 67 historical villages settlementscampsites 

# eg The Flats by 

# 66 archaeological villages settlements 

## e

# g Clovis Point at

### Munsungan Lake by

# 63 and

sites with arrowhead material chert by

# 58 Among the Aroostook 

### Band of

### Micmac Indians the rank order ofthe percentage that
rated sites very important were asfollows Burial grounds by

# 83 water trails and canoe portages or carries by

# 65 sacred sitessuch as

# Mt Katahdin by

# 64 historical villages settlementscampsites 

## e

# g The Flats by

# 64 archaeological villages settlements 

## e

# g
Clovis Point at

### Munsungan Lake by

# 61 and sites with arrowhead material chert by

# 57
The Houlton 

### Band of Maliseet Indians reported the following priorities based upon the percentage rating sites very important Burial grounds by

# 83 sacred sites such as

## Mt
Katahdin by

# 74 water trails and canoe portages or carries by

# 70 historical villages14 Responsive Management

settlements campsites 

## e

# g The Flats by

# 68 archaeological villages settlements 

# eg Clovis
Point at

### Munsungan 

## Lake by

# 65 and sites with arrowhead material chert by

# 59

Additional places with cultural or historical significance were identified by

# 7 ofthe survey respondents with a diverse range of both general and specific places that were specified


### Tribal

# Customsand Traditions Priorities for

# New Tribal 

## Lands Many tribal traditionsand practices hold personal significance formembers ofthe Houlton 

### Band of Maliseet and Aroostook 

### Band of

### Micmac Indians 

## Among the 16 different customs and traditionswhich tribal members were questioned about those rated very important bymore than 2 out ofevery 3 respondents included Fishing

# 78 basket making

# 77
hunting 

# 73 singing dancing and drumming

# 71 The other customs and traditions received very important ratings by the following percentages of all respondents Tribal medicine



# 66 food gathering 

# 66 making snowshoes

# 62 making drums

# 62 making
moccasins

# 61 making 

### dreamcatchers and medicine wheels

# 58 making canoes 

# 56
making rattles

# 55 making paddles

# 54 making jewelry

# 53 and making 

### wigwams



# 51 The only tribal custom or tradition to not receive a majorityof all respondents ranking as
very importantwas making warclubs with

# 35
Forthe Aroostook 

### Band of

### Micmac Indians the rank order of percentages rating customs
and traditions very important were asfollows Fishing

# 77 basket making

# 75 hunting



# 72 signingdancing and drumming

# 71 food gathering 

# 68 tribal medicine 

# 67 making snowshoes

# 65 making moccasins

# 62 making drums

# 62 making dream
catchers and medicine wheels

# 58 making canoes 

# 55 making rattles

# 55 making 

### wigwams

# 55 making paddles

# 53 and making jewelry

# 50 Making warclubs had less
than a third

# 29 ranking it asa very important tribal custom ortraditionIntegrated Resources 

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### The Houlton 

### Band of Maliseet Indians responded with the following percentages rating
these customs and traditions very important Basket making 

# 78 fishing

# 79 singing dancing and drumming

# 72 hunting 

# 74 tribal medicine 

# 65 food gathering 

# 64 making drums

# 62 making snowshoes

# 59 making moccasins

# 59 making dream
catchers and medicine wheels

# 58 making jewelry

# 56 making canoes 

# 58 making paddles

# 56 and making rattles

# 55 Less than a majority ranked making 

### wigwams

# 47
and making warclubs

# 42 as a very important tribal custom ortradition Comparison of responses indicated there were strong similarities across the two Bands in
priorities fortribal customs and traditions Both Bands shared the same top sixcustoms and
traditions priorities based upon the percentage which rated these very important Those most frequently selected very important customs and traditions within both groups included Basket 

### making fishing hunting singing dancing and 

### drumming tribal medicine and food gathering 

## Among all respondents 

# 13 identified other customs or traditions in addition to the 16

that had been listed in the survey Most frequently mentioned 

### among these other customs and

traditionswere using and teaching language and clothing 

## Many other responses were given 

## OutdoorRecreation Priorities for

# New Tribal 

## Lands The importance of recreation activities 

### was also asked of all tribal 

### members Ofthe

thirteen different opportunities forrecreation rankings forthe percentage responding these items

were very important were asfollows Fishing

# 79 wildlife viewing 

# 78 hunting 

# 72 canoeing kayaking 

# 68 hiking

# 64 snow shoeing

# 59 bicycling

# 46 crosscountry skiing

# 43 dog sledding

# 40 snow sledding 

# 38 fourwheeling 

# 31 motorboating



# 26 and jet skiing 

# 1916 Responsive Management
Comparison ofthe responses from the Aroostook 

### Band of

### Micmac Indians and the Houlton 

### Band of Maliseet Indians reveals overall priorities forrecreation are nearly the same 

### among both ofthese tribes Forthe Aroostook 

## Band the following percentages rated these recreation opportunities as very important Wildlife viewing 

# 79 fishing

# 78 hunting



# 70 canoeing kayaking 

# 67 hiking 

# 64 snow shoeing

# 61 bicycling

# 42 dog sledding 

# 38 crosscountry skiing

# 37 snow sledding 

# 31 fourwheeling 

# 24 motor boating 

# 22 and jet skiing 

# 15
The following percentage ofthe Houlton 

### Band of Maliseet Indians rated these recreation opportunities very important Fishing

# 79 wildlife viewing 

# 77 hunting 

# 75
canoeing kayaking 

# 70 hiking

# 65 snow shoeing

# 57 bicycling

# 51 crosscountry skiing

# 49 snow sledding

# 44 dog sledding 

# 41 fourwheeling 

# 38 motorboating



# 29 and jet skiing

# 23

Additional recreation opportunities were identified by

# 6 of all respondents


## Parcel Size

## and Location Proximityfor

# New Tribal 

## Lands Included in the survey were two questions about tribal preferences toward the size of parcels to be purchased and the proximityof land purchases to developed areas orwilderness

areas Overall a majority ofcombined respondents reported largersized parcels should be purchased and they preferred buying tribal land close to wilderness areas 

### The question on parcel size read “With regard to natural resources land air water plants and animals 

### when considering buying tribal lands what size parcels should be purchased?” 

### Fromamong sixsize choices 5000 or

### more

## 10004999 

## 500 9999 200 500

# 1200

acres and no preference the combined respondents selected the following in rank order 5000

acres ormore

# 33 no preference

# 31 10004999 acres 

# 15 500999 acres

# 9 200Integrated Resources 

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500 acres

# 6 and

# 1200 acres

# 2 For

# 4 ofthe surveys there was no response ora “don’t 

### know” response to this question 

## Among the Aroostook 

### Band of

### Micmac Indians the responses on land sizewere as follows 5000 acres of

### more

# 42 no preference

# 25 10004999 acres 

# 15 500999 acres



# 8 don’t 

## know missing

# 4 200500 acres

# 3 and 

# 1 200 acres

# 3

Forthe Houlton 

### Band of Maliseet Indians the responses on land sizewere asfollows 

## No preference

# 38 5000 acres of

### more

# 24 10004999 acres 

# 15 500999 acres 

# 10 200500 acres

# 8 don’t 

## know missing

# 5 and 

# 1200 acres 

# 1

The question on land proximity

### was “With regard to natural resources land air water plants and 

### animalswhen considering buying tribal lands would you prefer lands that are close

to developed areas and have access to

### modern conveniences orwould you prefer lands that are
closer to wilderness areas?” 

### The combined groups responded asfollows Close to wilderness

areas

# 61 no preference

# 20 and close to developed areas

# 9 Among

# 10 ofthe
surveys there was no response ora “don’t 

### know” response to this question 

### The Aroostook 

### Band had the following preferences forthe proximityquestion Close to
wilderness areas

# 71 no preference 

# 14 close to developed areas 

# 10 and missing datano response was found 

### among

# 5 ofthe surveys Forthe Houlton 

### Band of Maliseet Indians the preferences were similarto those ofthe Aroostook 

## Band asfollows Close to wilderness areas

# 51 no preference 

# 25 close to developed areas

# 8 and missingdatano response was found in

# 16 ofthe surveys 

## Land Access and Characteristics Priorities 

### for

# New Tribal 

## Lands The lengthiest set of questions in the survey covered 17 different factors of land access and characteristics forwhich ratings ofimportance were obtained from the respondents 

## Among18 Responsive Management

the combined groups a majority rated the following land access factors and characteristics as
very important

### when considering the location forpurchase of tribal lands 

### Has access to drinking water

# 81 has access to riversand streams

# 73 has access to ponds and lakes



# 71 has fishing sites

# 71 has hunting sites

# 67 contains forestland 

# 65 has access to

trails and roads

# 61 has historiccultural value

# 60 has gathering sites

# 57 Lower percentages ofcombined respondents rated the following factors as very important Contains
farmland

# 46 close to existing tribal lands

# 42 contains wetlands

# 41 has mineral deposits

# 35 has coastal land 

# 33 has southern exposure

# 28 close to majorhighways



# 21 and close to railroads

# 17
The rank order of tribal land access and characteristics which are important to the Aroostook 

### Band of

### Micmac Indians based upon the percentage rating each factor very important

### was asfollows 

### Has access to drinking water

# 81 has access to riversand streams



# 73 has access to ponds and lakes

# 70 has fishing sites

# 70 has hunting sites

# 65

contains forestland 

# 63 has access to trails and roads

# 59 has gathering sites

# 56 has
historiccultural value

# 55 contains farmland

# 42 contains wetlands

# 42 close to existing tribal lands

# 34 has mineral deposits

# 31 has coastal land

# 27 has southern
exposure

# 22 close to majorhighways 

# 16 and close to railroads

# 12
The rank order of land access and characteristics for tribal lands which are important to
the Houlton 

### Band of Maliseet Indians based upon the percentage rating each factor very important

### was asfollows 

### Has access to drinking water

# 81 has access to riversand streams



# 74 has access to ponds and lakes

# 73 has fishing sites

# 72 has hunting sites

# 70

contains forestland 

# 68 has historiccultural value

# 65 has access to trails and roads

# 63

has gathering sites

# 57 contains farmland

# 51 close to existing tribal lands

# 51 containsIntegrated Resources 

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wetlands

# 41 has coastal land 

# 38 has mineral deposits

# 39 has southern exposure



# 34 close to majorhighways 

# 26 and close to railroads

# 23

Other important tribal land access factors and characteristics were identified by

# 3 ofthe combined survey respondents 

## Demographics of

## Survey Respondents Demographic information asked of respondents within the survey instrumentincluded questions about where they lived genderand 

### age The single area where the greatest percentage of respondents lives is Houlton with

# 38

ofthe total number 

### who completed a survey residing there In addition 

# 14 live in Presque Isle 

# 5 live inMonticello

# 5 live in Caribou

# 2 live in Fort Fairfield and

# 2 live in Oakfield
The remaining

# 37 live in dozens of other communities 

### some ofwhich are outside 

### Maine with

no more than

# 1 in any other 

### named area For

# 6 ofthe respondents no location was provided
In addition the zipcode forrespondents was also obtained which serves asan additional geographic identifier 

## Among the entire group of respondents

# 61 were female and

# 37 were 

### male For

# 3

ofthe completed surveys gender information was missing 

## Among the 183 completed surveys from the Aroostook 

## Band

# 60 were female

# 37 were 

### maleand

# 3 had gender information missingfrom the survey 

## Among the Houlton 

## Band

# 61 of the respondents were female

# 36

ofthe respondents were 

### maleand

# 3 had gender information missingfrom the survey The overall age distribution from 

### among all survey respondents 

### who provided age
information included the following ranges 

# 05

# 0 1014

# 4 1519 

# 142024 

# 10 2529

# 8 3034 

# 10 3339 

# 14 4044 

# 11 4549

# 8 5054

# 5 5559

# 4
6064

# 6 6574

# 5 7584

# 1 For

# 2 ofthe surveys age information 

### was left blank20 Responsive Management

The 

### mean age ofthe combined respondents was just over 37 years of

### age 

## Among the Aroostook 

### Band respondents the 

### mean age 

### was 41 years of

### age while 

### among the Houlton 

### Band respondents
the 

### mean age was 34 years of

### age 

## Respondent 

# Comments In addition to the responses to specific question sets and other suggested priorities that were probed within the survey respondents were given the opportunity to write in any additional
comments they

## mayhave had at the end ofthe survey

### form These diverse written comments included positive feelings about the survey process and it’s 

### use as well as a few criticisms ofthe
survey 

### Many comments and suggestions were 

### made regarding tribal lands taxes gambling animals spirituality and other tribal concernsIntegrated Resources 

### Management Plan Survey Report 21 

# TABLES The tables below state the 

### name ofthe tribe in the header 

### Below the 

### name ofthe tribe is the question that the respondents answered 

### Below the question posed to the respondent is a

### row
ofthe possible answer choices to each category within the question 

### posed The far rightcolumn

lists the categories asked about within each question the far left column is a value called 

# ZWithin

or

# ZBetween described in the next paragraph 

### The

# ZWithin value shows the level of support foreach category relative to the level of support for others categories 

## A

# ZWithin value that equals orexceeds 1.96 orequals or is lower
than – 1.96 is significant Significant values are denoted byan asterisk Significance in the
tables 

### below means that responses to that particularcategory forexample 

### brown ash were 

### much higher or

### much lower than responses given forother categories in that particular question
series 

### Brown ash had a significantly greater proportion 

# 74.3 of“Very important” responses than the average level of support forthe series responses to question 1 because the “Average”

level of support forquestion 1 

### was

## 57.24 Brown ash’s significantly greater proportion of support is also denoted by its high

# zvalue of4.66 

### Brown ash was the most important plant to
the Aroostook

## Band Chokecherry was the least important plant it had significantly less

# Z
4.3 support than the average level of support 

### among the Aroostook 

### Band on this response series
Questions that were not part ofa series could not be examined in the manner described 

### above They do not have a

# ZWithin value
In the far left column oftables that present a comparison of results between two different

tribal groups there is a value called

# ZBetween The

# ZBetween value shows the amount of
difference in support fora question between groups 

### The

# ZWithin values previously discussed 

### show the amount of difference within groups22 Responsive Management 

# A

# ZBetween value that equals orexceeds 1.96 or that equals or is lower than – 1.96 is significant Significant values are denoted byan asterisk Significance in the tables 

### below

means that responses forthat tribe to that particular category forexample Balsam Firwere 

### much higher or

### much lower than responses given by the other tribe For instance there 

### was
significantly less

# ZBetween 3.46 support forbalsam fir 

### among the Aroostook Tribe 

# 44.3

than there was 

### among the Houlton Tribe 

# 58.7 The mailand the phone data from the Houlton Tribe were compared to examine the
possibility of differences between those two

### grouptypes of respondents Virtuallyall Houlton phone data was significantly 

### more supportive of all issues 

### when compared to Houlton maildata
There are a variety of possible reasons forthe difference in data reported by phone and by mail including but not limited

## to bias caused by the respondents having a stronger desire to please
interviewers 

### when contact was lessanonymous 

## phone a bias

### among those 

## who did not respond

to the initial mailsurvey to be more positive about all ofthe issues in the survey i

# e people 

### who
cared the most

## mayhave been the least likely to participate a bias predisposing those 

### who had phones or

### who were more easilyreached byphone to be 

### more supportive etc 

### The reasoncause
forthe difference in data reported by phone orby mail is not certain but a difference clearly
existed

### The combination ofthe highly supportive Houlton phone data with the original Houlton
maildata led to a marginal increase in virtually all responses forthe Houlton combined data Therefore 

### when data from the two tribeswere weighted and 

### compared the Houlton data tended

to be significantly 

### more supportive than the Aroostook dataIntegrated Resources 

### Management Plan Survey Report 23



## AROOSTOOK 

## 1 The first question relates to plants and uses of plants that 

### maygrow on tribal lands In the box 

### below please indicate if the presence of the following plants is Very important

### Somewhat important Neither importantnor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant

### when considering buying tribal lands Please circle the appropriate 

### number in each 

### row Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither 

### Somewhat unimportant Very unimportant Don’t 

## know Missing Total ZWithin 

### Brown ash baskets 74 12 2 3 9 1 100 4.66 Firewood 

### hardwood 73 12 4 4 7 1 100 4.23 Sweet grass baskets spiritual 71 15 3 2 8 1 100 3.76

Birch baskets 

### canoes 67 18 3 3 8 1 100 2.72

Fiddleheads 

### food 64 20 6 2 8 0 100 1.82 Berry plants 

### food 61 22 5 3 9 1 100 0.95 Cedar spiritual 

## wigwam 59 21 6 3 9 3 100 0.34
Flag root medicine 57 21 6 4 9 2 100 0.04 Sugar maple maple 

### syrup 55 26 9 3 6 1 100 0.56 Alders 

### wigwam medicine 54 25 6 6 8 2 100 1.00

Hazelnut 

### food 52 25 12 2 8 1 100 1.46 

### Red dogwood medicine 51 23 10 7 7 2 100 1.76 Gold thread medicine 49 23 12 7 7 3 100 2.36 Balsam fir tipping 44 29 8 10 6 3 100 3.54
Cattail 

### food medicine 44 27 12 9 6 2 100 3.54 Chokecherry 

### food 42 25 20 4 8 2 100 4.30 Average 57 21 8 5 8 2 10024 Responsive Management



## HOULTON MAIL 

## 1 The first question relates to plantsand uses of plants that 

### maygrow on tribal lands In the box 

### below please indicate if the presence ofthe following plants isVery important

### Somewhat important Neither important nor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant 

### when considering buying tribal lands Please circle the appropriate 

### number in each 

### row Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither 

### Somewhat unimportant Very unimportant Don’t 

## know Missing Total ZWithin Firewood 

### hardwood 73 19 3 1 3 1 100 5.63 Fiddleheads 

### food 72 18 3 1 5 1 100 5.47 

### Brown ash baskets 70 19 2 4 5 1 100 4.88
Birch baskets 

### canoes 67 23 3 4 3 1 100 4.11
Sweet grass baskets spiritual 64 25 5 1 5 1 100 3.37
Cedar spiritual 

## wigwam 53 28 11 3 4 1 100 0.36
Berry plants 

### food 53 28 9 4 5 2 100 0.20 Balsam fir tipping 50 31 10 3 5 1 100 0.55 Sugar maple maple 

### syrup 46 36 9 3 3 2 100 1.45 

### Red dogwood medicine 42 33 15 3 6 2 100 2.65 Alders 

### wigwam medicine 41 37 11 3 3 5 100 2.81

Cattail 

### food medicine 40 28 21 3 6 1 100 3.1 Gold thread medicine 40 31 17 5 5 3 100 3.10 Flag root medicine 40 32 18 4 6 2 100 3.26
Hazelnut 

### food 39 35 16 6 3 1 100 3.40 Chokecherry 

### food 38 31 19 7 3 2 100 3.69 Average 52 28 11 3 4 2 100Integrated Resources 

### Management Plan Survey Report 25



## HOULTON 

## PHONE 1 The first question relates to plants and uses of plants that 

### maygrow on tribal lands In the box 

### below please indicate if the presence ofthe following plants isVery important

### Somewhat important Neither important nor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant 

### when considering buying tribal lands Please circle the appropriate 

### number in each 

### row Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither 

### Somewhat unimportant Very unimportant Don’t 

## know Missing Total ZWithin Balsam fir tipping 81 19 0 0 0 0 100 1.30 Sweet grass baskets spiritual 80 19 0 0 1 0 100 1.03

Birch baskets 

### canoes 79 19 1 0 1 0 100 0.76

Fiddleheads 

### food 79 21 0 0 0 0 100 0.76 Sugar maple maple 

### syrup 77 20 3 0 0 0 100 0.47 Firewood 

### hardwood 76 21 1 0 0 1 100 0.20
Alders 

### wigwam medicine 74 21 4 0 0 0 100 0.07
Flag root medicine 74 13 4 9 0 0 100 0.07 Cedar spiritual 

## wigwam 74 23 1 0 0 1 100 0.07


### Brown ash baskets 73 23 1 0 1 1 100 0.34 Gold thread medicine 73 13 6 7 0 1 100 0.34 Chokecherry 

### food 73 16 9 1 0 1 100 0.34 

### Red dogwood medicine 73 19 3 3 0 3 100 0.34 Berry plants 

### food 71 21 4 1 1 0 100 0.63
Cattail 

### food medicine 70 20 3 4 0 3 100 0.89 Hazelnut 

### food 67 24 4 3 1 0 100 1.45 Average 75 19 3 2 0 1 10026 Responsive Management



## HOULTON MAIL and

## PHONE 1 The first question relates to plants and uses of plants that 

### maygrow on tribal lands In the box 

### below please indicate if the presence ofthe following plants isVery important

### Somewhat important Neither important nor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant 

### when considering buying tribal lands Please circle the appropriate 

### number in each 

### row Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither 

### Somewhat unimportant Very unimportant Don’t 

## know Missing Total ZWithin
Fiddleheads 

### food 74 19 2 0 3 1 100 5.05 Firewood 

### hardwood 74 20 2 1 2 1 100 4.92 

### Brown ash baskets 71 20 2 3 4 1 100 4.03
Birch baskets 

### canoes 70 22 2 3 2 0 100 3.87
Sweet grass baskets spiritual 69 23 3 1 4 0 100 3.36
Cedar spiritual 

## wigwam 59 27 8 2 3 1 100 0.27
Balsam fir tipping 59 28 7 2 4 0 100 0.14 Berry plants 

### food 58 26 8 3 4 1 100 0.11 Sugar maple maple 

### syrup 55 32 7 2 2 2 100 1.01 Alders 

### wigwam medicine 51 33 9 2 2 3 100 2.44


### Red dogwood medicine 51 29 11 3 4 2 100 2.44 Gold thread medicine 49 26 14 6 3 2 100 2.82 Flag root medicine 49 26 14 5 4 1 100 2.82
Cattail 

### food medicine 49 26 16 4 5 2 100 3.08 Chokecherry 

### food 48 26 16 6 2 2 100 3.33 Hazelnut 

### food 47 32 13 5 3 1 100 3.59 Average 58 26 8 3 3 1 100Integrated Resources 

### Management Plan Survey Report 27



## AROOSTOOK and 

## HOULTON COMBINED

## AND WEIGHTED 

## 1 The first question relates to plants and uses of plants that 

### maygrow on tribal lands In the box 

### below please indicate if the presence ofthe following plants isVery important

### Somewhat important Neither important nor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant 

### when considering buying tribal lands Please circle the appropriate 

### number in each 

### row Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither 

### Somewhat unimportant Very unimportant Don’t 

## know Missing Total ZWithin Firewood 

### hardwood 73 16 3 2 5 1 100 6.78 

### Brown ash baskets 73 16 2 3 7 1 100 6.52 Sweet grass baskets spiritual 70 19 3 2 6 1 100 5.34

Fiddleheads 

### food 69 20 4 1 6 0 100 4.94
Birch baskets 

### canoes 69 20 3 3 5 1 100 4.85
Berry plants 

### food 59 24 6 3 6 1 100 0.68 Cedar spiritual 

## wigwam 59 24 7 2 6 2 100 0.46 Sugar maple maple 

### syrup 55 29 8 3 4 1 100 1.16 Flag root medicine 53 24 10 5 7 2 100 1.91 Alders 

### wigwam medicine 52 29 8 4 5 3 100 2.48
Balsam fir tipping 52 28 8 6 5 2 100 2.74 

### Red dogwood medicine 51 26 11 5 5 2 100 3.09 Hazelnut 

### food 49 29 12 4 6 1 100 3.66 Gold thread medicine 49 24 13 6 5 3 100 3.84
Cattail 

### food medicine 46 27 14 6 5 2 100 4.98 Chokecherry 

### food 45 26 18 5 5 2 100 5.72 Average 58 24 8 4 5 1 10028 Responsive Management



## AROOSTOOK VSHOULTON ALL 

## BETWEEN 1 The first questions relate to plants and uses of plants that 

### maygrow on tribal lands In the box 

### below please indicate if the presence ofthe following plants is Very important

### Somewhat important Neither important nor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant 

### when considering buying tribal lands Please circle the appropriate 

### number in each 

### row 

## AROOSTOOK HOULTON MAIL and 

## PHONE 

# ZBetween 

### Brown ash baskets 74 71 0.74 Firewood 

### hardwood 73 74 0.22 Sweet grass baskets spiritual 71 69 0.48 Birch baskets 

### canoes 67 70 0.70 Fiddleheads 

### food 64 74 2.24 Berry plants 

### food 61 58 0.64 Cedar spiritual

## wigwam 59 59 0.14 Flag root medicine 57 49 1.90 Sugar maple maple syrup 55 55 0.02 Alders 

### wigwam medicine 54 51 0.72 Hazelnut 

### food 52 47 1.19 

### Red dogwood medicine 51 51 0.05 Gold thread medicine 49 49 0.20 Balsam fir tipping 44 59 3.46 Cattail 

### food medicine 44 49 1.07 Chokecherry 

### food 42 48 1.59 Average 57 58Integrated Resources 

### Management Plan Survey Report 29



## HOULTON MAIL 

## VERSUS PHONE BETWEEN 

## 1 The first question relateS to plants and uses of plants that 

### may grow on tribal lands In the box 

### below please indicate if the presence ofthe following plants is Very important

### Somewhat important Neither important nor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant 

### when considering buying tribal lands Please circle the appropriate 

### number in each 

### row 

## HOULTON MAIL HOULTON 

## PHONE 

# ZBetween Firewood 

### hardwood 73 76 0.41 Fiddleheads 

### food 72 79 0.92 

### Brown ash baskets 70 73 0.40 Birch baskets 

### canoes 67 79 1.64 Sweet grass baskets spiritual 64 80 2.24 Cedar spiritual

## wigwam 53 74 3.00 Berry plants 

### food 53 71 2.68 Balsam fir tipping 50 81 4.50 Sugar maple maple syrup 46 77 4.36 

### Red dogwood medicine 42 73 4.42 Alders 

### wigwam medicine 41 74 4.7 Cattail 

### food medicine 40 70 4.26 Gold thread medicine 40 73 4.66 Flag root medicine 40 74 4.94 Hazelnut 

### food 39 67 4.02 Chokecherry 

### food 38 73 4.98 Average 52 7530 Responsive Management

Question 1 relates to plants and uses of plants that

### maygrow on tribal lands In the boxbelow please indicate if the presence ofthe following plants is very importantsomewhat importantneitherimportant nor unimportant somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant when considering buying tribal lands Please circle the appropriate number in each 

### row The following are the other responses indicated by respondents Due tothe low numbers of responses in these

other categories importance ratings have not been included 

### Other Responses Houlton Aroostook Total

Apple 4 3 7 Pine 

### Lumber 5 1 6 Sage 2 2 4 Alders

### Wigwam Medicine 2 1 3
Aloe Plant 3 0 3 Calamus Root 2 1 3 Dennilion Leaf 

### Food 0 3 3
FruitTrees 0 3 3 Goldenrod 1 1 2 Harvesting Potatoes 2 0 2 Lake 2 0 2 Pea Fields 

### Food 2 0 2 Spruce 0 2 2 Sarsaparilla 0 1 1 Trainer

### CPR Specialist 1 0 1
White Birch 1 0 1 Wintergreen 

### Tea 1 0 1Integrated Resources 

### Management Plan Survey Report 31



## AROOSTOOK 

## 2And do you feel that timber production is a Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither importantnor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportantorVery unimportant use of tribal 

### lands Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither 

### Somewhat unimportant Very unimportant Don’t 

## know Missing Total Timber production 49 25 6 5 7 8 100


## HOULTON MAIL 

## 2And do you feel that timber production is a Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither importantnor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant use of tribal 

### lands Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither 

### Somewhat unimportant Very unimportant Don’t 

## know Missing Total Timber production 47 29 6 5 4 10 100


## HOULTON 

## PHONE 2And do you feel that timber production is aVery important 

### Somewhat important Neither importantnor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportantorVery unimportant use of tribal 

### lands Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither 

### Somewhat unimportant Very unimportant Don’t 

## know Missing Total Timber production 26 11 10 4 4 44 100


## HOULTON MAIL and

## PHONE 2And do you feel that timber production is a Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither importantnor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportantorVery unimportant use of tribal 

### lands Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither 

### Somewhat unimportant Very unimportant Don’t 

## know Missing Total Timber production 41 24 7 5 4 19 100


## AROOSTOOK and 

## HOULTON COMBINED

## AND WEIGHTED 

## 2And do you feel that timber production is a Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither importantnor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportantorVery unimportant use of tribal 

### lands Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither 

### Somewhat unimportant Very unimportant Don’t 

## know Missing Total Timber production 45 25 7 5 6 14 10032 Responsive Management 

## AROOSTOOK VSHOULTON ALL 

## BETWEEN 2And do you feel that timber production is a Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither importantnor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportantorVery unimportant use of tribal 

### lands 

## AROOSTOOK HOULTON MAIL and

## PHONE 

# ZBetween Very important Very important Timber production 49 41 2.09


## HOULTON MAIL 

## VERSUS PHONE BETWEEN 

## 2And do you feel that timber production is a Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither importantnor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant use of tribal 

### lands 

## HOULTON MAIL HOULTON 

## PHONE 

# ZBetween Very important Very important Timber production 47 26 3.30


## AROOSTOOK 

## 3And do you feel that farming is aVery important 

### Somewhat important Neither importantnor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportantuse of tribal 

### lands Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither 

### Somewhat unimportant Very unimportant Don’t 

## know Missing Total Farming 54 22 9 3 7 6 100


## HOULTON MAIL 

## 3And do you feel that farming is a Very important

### Somewhat important Neither important nor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant use of tribal 

### lands Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither 

### Somewhat unimportant Very unimportant Don’t 

## know Missing Total Farming 64 19 2 1 5 9 100


## HOULTON 

## PHONE 3And do you feel that farming is aVery important 

### Somewhat important Neither importantnor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant use of tribal 

### lands Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither 

### Somewhat unimportant Very unimportant Don’t 

## know Missing Total Farming 23 17 11 3 1 44 100Integrated Resources 

### Management Plan Survey Report 33



## HOULTON MAIL and

## PHONE 3And do you feel that farming is aVery important 

### Somewhat important Neither importantnor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant use of tribal 

### lands Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither 

### Somewhat unimportant Very unimportant Don’t 

## know Missing Total Farming 52 19 5 2 4 19 100


## AROOSTOOK and 

## HOULTON COMBINED

## AND WEIGHTED 

## 3And do you feel that farming is a Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither important nor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant use of tribal 

### lands Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither 

### Somewhat unimportant Very unimportant Don’t 

## know Missing Total Farming 53 20 7 2 5 13 100



## AROOSTOOKVS

## HOULTON ALL 

## BETWEEN 3And do you feel that farming is aVery important 

### Somewhat important Neither importantnor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant use of tribal 

### lands 

## AROOSTOOK HOULTON MAIL and

## PHONE 

# ZBetween Very important Very important Farming 54 52 0.33


## HOULTON MAIL 

## VERSUS PHONE BETWEEN 

## 3And do you feel that farming is aVery important 

### Somewhat important Neither importantnor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant use of tribal 

### lands 

## HOULTON MAIL HOULTON 

## PHONE 

# ZBetween Very important Very important Farming 64 23 6.0734 Responsive Management



## AROOSTOOK 

## 4 Given that the lands that animals use

## mayvary fromone area to another please indicate whether thepresence ofeach animaland the land that it uses isVery important 

### Somewhat important Neither important nor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant 

### when considering buying tribal lands Please circle the appropriate 

### number in each 

## row Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither 

### Somewhat unimportant Very unimportant Don’t 

## know Missing Total ZWithin
Fish 81 9 2 1 8 1 100 5.80 Eagle 80 9 3 1 7 1 100 5.50 Deer 76 14 2 1 8 1 100 4.45 

### Moose 74 13 3 1 8 1 100 3.84 Bear 66 20 4 3 7 1 100 1.58 Birds 66 19 6 3 7 1 100 1.58 Rabbit 60 26 5 2 7 1 100 0.06 Beaver 57 22 10 4 6 1 100 0.68 Fox 49 25 15 3 8 1 100 3.11 Turtles 46 20 19 6 8 2 100 3.86 Porcupine 46 24 14 6 8 2 100 3.86 Muskrat 42 28 15 7 7 2 100 5.07 Frogs 37 22 22 8 9 1 100 6.26 Average 60 19 9 3 7 1 100


## HOULTON MAIL 

## 4 Given that the lands that animals use

## mayvary fromone area to another please indicate whether thepresence ofeach animaland the land that it uses isVery important 

### Somewhat important Neither importantnor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant 

### when considering buying tribal lands Please circle the appropriate 

### number in each 

## row Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither 

### Somewhat unimportant Very unimportant Don’t 

## know Missing Total ZWithin Fish 84 10 1 1 3 1 100 7.12 Eagle 83 10 3 1 4 0 100 6.66 

### Moose 81 12 3 0 4 0 100 6.37 Deer 80 15 1 0 3 1 100 5.91 Birds 66 21 5 3 4 1 100 2.24 Bear 63 28 4 1 4 0 100 1.33 Rabbit 54 32 8 3 3 1 100 1.10 Fox 49 27 14 5 5 1 100 2.47 Beaver 45 27 16 6 5 1 100 3.39 Turtles 39 28 17 7 7 2 100 5.06 Muskrat 37 29 17 7 7 2 100 5.51 Porcupine 37 25 20 7 8 2 100 5.51 Frogs 33 28 20 6 11 2 100 6.59 Average 58 22 10 4 5 1 100Integrated Resources 

### Management Plan Survey Report 35



## HOULTON 

## PHONE 4 Given that the landsthat animals use 

### may vary fromone area to another please indicate whether thepresence ofeach animaland the land that it uses isVery important 

### Somewhat important Neither important nor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant 

### when considering buying tribal lands Please circle the appropriate

### number in each 

## row Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither 

### Somewhat unimportant Very unimportant Don’t 

## know Missing Total ZWithin Eagle 86 10 3 0 0 1 100 2.57 Deer 86 11 0 1 0 1 100 2.57 

### Moose 86 11 0 0 0 3 100 2.57 Fish 86 11 1 0 0 1 100 2.57 Bear 77 14 1 4 0 3 100 0.97 Birds 77 17 3 0 1 1 100 0.97 Rabbit 69 21 3 1 3 3 100 0.61 Fox 66 20 7 3 1 3 100 1.15 Turtles 60 16 10 10 3 1 100 2.21 Muskrat 59 19 7 10 4 1 100 2.47 Frogs 59 21 11 4 3 1 100 2.47 Porcupine 57 21 10 6 4 1 100 2.75 Beaver 69 20 4 0 1 6 100 0.61 Average 72 16 5 3 2 2 100


## HOULTON MAIL

## AND 

## PHONE 4 Given that the lands that animals use

## mayvary fromone area to another please indicate whether thepresence ofeach animal and the land that it uses isVery important 

### Somewhat important Neither important nor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant 

### when considering buying tribal lands Please circle the appropriate 

### number in each 

## row Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither 

### Somewhat unimportant Very unimportant Don’t 

## know Missing Total ZWithin Fish 85 11 1 0 2 1 100 7.39 Eagle 83 10 3 0 3 0 100 7.00 

### Moose 83 12 2 3 1 0 100 6.74 Deer 81 14 1 0 2 1 100 6.36 Birds 69 20 4 2 3 1 100 2.41 Bear 67 24 3 2 3 1 100 1.63 Rabbit 58 29 7 2 3 2 100 1.24 Fox 53 25 12 5 4 2 100 2.70 Beaver 52 25 13 5 4 2 100 3.22 Turtles 45 25 15 8 6 2 100 5.45 Muskrat 43 26 14 8 6 2 100 5.97 Porcupine 43 24 17 7 7 2 100 6.09 Frogs 41 26 17 5 9 2 100 6.87 Average 62 21 8 4 4 1 10036 Responsive Management



## AROOSTOOK and 

## HOULTON COMBINED

## AND WEIGHTED 

## 4 Given that the lands that animals use

## mayvary fromone area to another please indicate whether thepresence ofeach animaland the land that it uses isVery important 

### Somewhat important Neither important nor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant 

### when considering buying tribal lands Please circle the appropriate 

### number in each 

## row Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither 

### Somewhat unimportant Very unimportant Don’t 

## know Missing Total ZWithin Fish 83 10 1 1 5 1 100 9.73 Eagle 82 9 3 1 5 1 100 9.24 Deer 79 14 1 1 5 1 100 7.95 

### Moose 78 12 3 0 6 1 100 7.73 Birds 67 19 5 3 5 1 100 2.93 Bear 66 22 4 2 5 1 100 2.40 Rabbit 59 27 6 2 5 1 100 0.80 Beaver 55 24 11 4 5 2 100 2.75 Fox 51 25 14 4 6 1 100 4.35 Turtles 45 23 17 7 7 2 100 6.84 Porcupine 44 24 16 6 8 2 100 7.28 Muskrat 42 27 15 8 6 2 100 8.17 Frogs 39 24 20 7 9 2 100 9.77 Average 61 20 9 3 6 1 100 

## AROOSTOOK VSHOULTON ALL 

## BETWEEN 4 Given that the lands that animals use

## mayvary fromone area to another please indicate whether thepresence ofeach animaland the land that it uses isVery important 

### Somewhat important Neither important nor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant 

### when considering buying tribal lands Please circle the appropriate 

### number in each 

## row AROOSTOOK HOULTON MAIL and

## PHONE 

# ZBetween Very important Very important Fish 81 85 0.78 Eagle 80 83 0.76 Deer 76 81 1.15 

### Moose 74 83 1.88 Bear 66 67 0.27 Birds 66 69 0.80 Rabbit 60 58 0.51 Beaver 57 52 1.32 Fox 49 53 1.16 Turtles 46 45 0.25 Porcupine 46 43 0.76 Muskrat 42 43 0.46 Frogs 37 41 0.88 Average 60 62Integrated Resources 

### Management Plan Survey Report 37



## HOULTON MAIL 

## VERSUS PHONE BETWEEN 

## 4 Given that thelands that animals use

## mayvary fromone area to another please indicate whether thepresence ofeach animaland the land that it uses isVery important 

### Somewhat important Neither important nor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant 

### when considering buying tribal lands Please circle the appropriate 

### number in each 

## row HOULTON MAIL HOULTON 

## PHONE 

# ZBetween Very important Very important Fish 84 86 0.23 Eagle 83 86 0.49 

### Moose 81 86 0.65 Deer 80 86 0.90 Birds 66 77 1.58 Bear 63 77 2.06 Rabbit 54 69 2.11 Fox 49 66 2.43 Beaver 45 69 3.32 Turtles 39 60 3.03 Muskrat 37 59 3.10 Porcupine 37 57 2.89 Frogs 33 59 3.71 Average 58 72 

## 4 Given thatthe lands that animals use may vary from one area toanother please indicate whether the presence ofeach animaland the land that it uses is very importantsomewhat importantneitherimportant nor unimportant somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant when considering buying tribal lands Please circle the appropriate number in each 

### row The following are the other responses indicated by respondents Due to the lownumbers ofresponses in these

other categories importance ratings have not been included 

### Other Responses Houlton Aroostook Total

Coyote 2 5 7 Wolf 1 4 5 Groundhogs 2 1 3 Birds 2 1 3 CougarMountain Lion 3 0 3 Cows 3 0 3 Dogs 2 1 3 Eel 1 2 3 

### Hawk 2 1 3 Fish 2 0 2 

## Me 1 1 2 Honey Bee 1 0 1 Partridge Food 0 1 1 Raccoon 1 0 1 Ruffed Grouse 0 1 1 Turkey 1 0 1 Water Fowl 1 0 1 Weasel 1 0 138 Responsive Management



## AROOSTOOK 

## 5 Forthose tribal landsthat have significant bear populations do you agree ordisagree that bear hunting should be allowed on tribal lands Please circle the appropriate 

### answer Note included only for

## AROOSTOOK Strongly agree Moderately agree Neither Moderately disagree Strongly disagree Don't 

## know Missing Total Bear Hunting 30 31 4 7 18 10 100


## AROOSTOOK 

## 6 There are

### many places that 

### may have cultural or historical significance toyou as a tribal 

## member In the box

### below please indicate whether each item isVery important 

### Somewhat important Neither important nor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant to

## you as a culturally or historically significant location Please circle the appropriate 

### number in each 

## row Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither 

### Somewhat unimportant Very unimportant Don’t 

## know Missing Total ZWithin Burial grounds 83 6 2 1 7 2 100 5.01 Water trails and canoe portages 65 20 6 2 6 3 100 0.28 Sacred sites such as

## Mt Katahdin 64 19 5 4 6 2 100 0.45
Historical villages settlements campsite 64 19 6 2 7 3 100 0.45 Archaeological villages settlements 61 21 7 2 7 3 100 1.36
Sites with arrowhead material 57 26 7 3 6 2 100 2.47 Average 65 18 5 2 6 3 100Integrated Resources 

### Management Plan Survey Report 39



## HOULTON MAIL 

## 6 There are

### many places that 

### may have cultural or historical significance toyou as a tribal 

## member In the box

### below please indicate whether each item isVery important 

### Somewhat important Neither important nor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant to

### you as a culturally or historically significant location Please circle the appropriate 

### number in each 

## row Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither 

### Somewhat unimportant Very unimportant Don’t 

## know Missing Total ZWithin Burial grounds 83 11 2 1 4 0 100 3.73 Sacred sites such as

## Mt Katahdin 74 15 5 2 4 1 100 1.27 Water trails and canoe portages 72 19 4 2 2 1 100 0.64 Historical villages settlements campsite 68 23 4 2 3 1 100 0.35 Archaeological villages settlements 63 25 6 2 4 0 100 1.82
Sites with arrowhead material 58 32 5 3 2 0 100 3.47 Average 70 21 4 2 3 0 10040 Responsive Management



## HOULTON 

## PHONE 6 There are

### many places that 

### may have cultural or historical significance toyou as a tribal 

## member In the box

### below please indicate whether each item isVery important 

### Somewhat important Neither important nor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant to

## you as a culturally or historically significant location Please circle the appropriate 

### number in each 

## row Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither 

### Somewhat unimportant Very unimportant Don’t 

## know Missing Total ZWithin Burial grounds 83 16 0 0 0 1 100 2.39 Sacred sites such as

## Mt Katahdin 73 23 1 1 0 1 100 0.57 Archaeological villages settlements 69 23 7 0 0 1 100 0.22
Historical villages settlements campsite 69 27 3 0 0 1 100 0.22
Water trails and canoe portages 64 30 3 0 0 3 100 1.00 Sites with arrowhead material 61 30 4 3 0 1 100 1.53 Average 70 25 3 1 0 2 100Integrated Resources 

### Management Plan Survey Report 41



## HOULTON MAIL

## AND 

## PHONE 6 There are

### many places that 

### may have cultural or historical significance toyou as a tribal 

## member In the box

### below please indicate whether each item isVery important 

### Somewhat important Neither important nor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant to

### you as a culturally or historically significant location Please circle the appropriate 

### number in each 

## row Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither 

### Somewhat unimportant Very unimportant Don’t 

## know Missing Total ZWithin Burial grounds 83 12 2 0 3 0 100 4.43 Sacred sites such as

## Mt Katahdin 74 17 4 2 3 1 100 1.39 Water trails and canoe portages 70 22 4 2 2 1 100 0.01 Historical villages settlements campsite 68 24 4 1 2 1 100 0.42 Archaeological villages settlements 65 24 6 2 3 0 100 1.65
Sites with arrowhead material 59 32 5 3 2 0 100 3.74 Average 70 22 4 2 2 1 10042 Responsive Management



## AROOSTOOKAND HOULTON COMBINED 

## AND WEIGHTED 

## 6 There are

### many places that 

### may have cultural or historical significance toyou as a tribal 

## member In the box

### below please indicate whether each item isVery important 

### Somewhat important Neither important nor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant to

## you as a culturally or historically significant location Please circle the appropriate 

### number in each 

## row Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither 

### Somewhat unimportant Very unimportant Don’t 

## know Missing Total ZWithin Burial grounds 83 9 2 1 5 1 100 7.05 Sacred sites such as

## Mt Katahdin 69 18 4 3 4 2 100 0.57 Water trails and canoe portages 67 21 5 2 4 2 100 0.22 Historical villages settlements campsite 66 21 5 2 4 2 100 0.63 Archaeological villages settlements 63 23 6 2 5 2 100 2.25
Sites with arrowhead material 58 29 6 3 4 1 100 4.52 Average 68 20 4 2 4 2 100


## AROOSTOOK VSHOULTON ALL 

## BETWEEN 6 There are

### many places that 

### may have cultural or historical significance toyou as a tribal 

## member In the box

### below please indicate whether each item isVery important 

### Somewhat important Neither important nor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant to

## you as a culturally or historically significant location Please circle the appropriate 

### number in each 

## row AROOSTOOK HOULTON MAIL and 

## PHONE 

# ZBetween Very important Very important Burial grounds 83 83 0.11 Water trails and canoe portages 65 70 1.13 Sacred sitessuch as

## Mt Katahdin 64 74 2.15 Historical villages settlements campsite 64 68 1.00 Archaeological villages settlements 61 65 0.92 Sites with arrowhead material 57 59 0.44 Average 65 70Integrated Resources 

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## HOULTON MAIL 

## VERSUS PHONE BETWEEN 

## 6 There are

### many places that 

### may have cultural or historical significance toyou as a tribal 

## member In the box

### below please indicate whether each item isVery important 

### Somewhat important Neither important nor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant to

## you as a culturally or historically significant location Please circle the appropriate 

### number in each 

## row HOULTON MAIL HOULTON 

## PHONE 

# ZBetween Very important Very important Burial grounds 83 83 0.06 Sacred sitessuch as

## Mt Katahdin 74 73 0.16 Water trails and canoe portages 72 64 1.07 Historical villages settlements campsite 68 69 0.03 Archaeological villages settlements 63 69 0.75 Sites with arrowhead material 58 61 0.54 Average 70 70 

## 6There are many places that

### may have cultural or historical significance to you asa tribal 

### member In the boxbelow please indicate whether each item is very importantsomewhat important neitherimportant nor unimportant somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant toyou as a culturally or historically significant location Please circle the appropriate numberineach 

### row The following are the other responses indicated by respondents Due to the lownumbers of responses in these other categories importance ratingshave not been included 

### Other Responses Houlton Aroostook Total

Arcadia 3 0 3 All Natural Sites 2 1 3 Cemetery For Tribe 2 1 3 Brown Ash Growths 0 3 3 BurialGround 3 0 3 Early Settlements Where FamiliesOf Lor 2 0 2

Historical Villages Settlements 

### Camp Sights 2 0 2
Kennebec River 1 1 2 Language 2 0 2 Most Mountains 0 1 1 Our

### Own Spiritual Ground 0 1 1 

## QuaKasJo Washburn 0 1 1 Sacred Site ForTribe But

### On Our

## Own Ne 1 0 1

Should Hold Prayer Meetings At All Burial 1 0 1

Sweet Grass Lands 0 1 144 Responsive Management



## AROOSTOOK 

## 7 Many tribal traditions and practices 

### may have personal significance to you as a

### member of your tribe In the box

### below please indicate if the following tribal traditions areVery important 

### Somewhat important Neither important nor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant to

## you Please circle the appropriate 

### number in each 

### row Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither 

### Somewhat unimportant Very unimportant Don’t 

## know Missing Total ZWithin Fishing 77 11 2 1 7 2 100 4.36 Basket making 75 11 3 1 8 3 100 4.06 Hunting 72 15 3 2 7 2 100 3.00 Singing dancing and drumming 71 12 4 1 8 4 100 2.70 

### Food gathering 68 15 6 3 5 3 100 1.95 Tribal medicine 67 14 6 1 8 3 100 1.79 Making snowshoes 65 18 6 1 7 3 100 1.18 Making moccasins 62 20 6 2 7 3 100 0.43 Making drums 62 22 6 1 7 3 100 0.26 Making

dreamcatchers and medicine wheel 58 22 7 3 7 3 100 0.79 Making canoes 55 25 8 2 7 3 100 1.54 Making rattles 55 25 8 3 7 3 100 1.71 Making 

### wigwams 55 24 9 4 6 3 100 1.71 Making paddles 53 27 8 3 7 3 100 2.29 Making jewelry 50 30 6 4 7 3 100 2.9 Making war clubs 29 31 18 8 10 5 100 8.80 Average 61 20 7 2 7 3 100Integrated Resources 

### Management Plan Survey Report 45



## HOULTON MAIL 

## 7 Many tribal traditions and practices 

### may have personal significance to you as a

### member of your tribe In the box

### below please indicate if the following tribal traditions areVery important 

### Somewhat importantNeither importantnor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant to

## you Please circle the appropriate 

### number in each 

### row Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither 

### Somewhat unimportant Very unimportant Don’t 

## know Missing Total ZWithin Basket making 77 14 3 1 4 2 100 5.44 Fishing 75 15 4 1 3 2 100 4.98 Singing dancing and drumming 72 15 7 2 2 2 100 4.23 Hunting 70 16 7 1 3 3 100 3.48 Tribal medicine 63 18 14 1 3 1 100 1.65 

### Food gathering 59 22 12 2 3 2 100 0.61 Making drums 55 31 7 1 3 2 100 0.31 Making snowshoes 54 33 7 2 3 2 100 0.76 Making moccasins 54 34 7 0 4 2 100 0.76 Making

dreamcatchers and medicine wheel 53 29 7 5 4 2 100 0.92 Making jewelry 51 33 7 3 2 3 100 1.38 Making canoes 51 36 7 2 2 2 100 1.54 Making paddles 49 37 6 3 2 2 100 1.97 Making rattles 49 32 10 2 4 3 100 1.97 Making 

### wigwams 40 38 14 3 3 2 100 4.41 Making war clubs 33 31 22 8 4 2 100 6.37 Average 57 27 9 2 3 2 10046 Responsive Management



## HOULTON 

## PHONE 7 Many tribal traditions and practices 

### may have personal significance to you as a

### member of your tribe In the box

### below please indicate if the following tribal traditions areVery important 

### Somewhat important Neither important nor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant to

## you Please circle the appropriate 

### number in each 

### row Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither 

### Somewhat unimportant Very unimportant Don’t 

## know Missing Total ZWithin Fishing 87 11 0 0 1 0 100 2.59 Hunting 84 14 0 0 1 0 100 2.06 Basket making 81 19 0 0 0 0 100 1.51 

### Food gathering 79 19 1 1 0 0 100 0.98 Making drums 79 21 0 0 0 0 100 0.98 Making canoes 74 26 0 0 0 0 100 0.17 Making paddles 74 24 1 0 0 0 100 0.17 Making moccasins 73 26 0 1 0 0 100 0.09 Making snowshoes 71 26 1 1 0 0 100 0.38 Tribal medicine 71 23 1 1 0 3 100 0.38 Singing dancing and drumming 70 24 1 0 0 4 100 0.64 Making rattles 69 26 4 1 0 0 100 0.91 Making

dreamcatchers and medicine wheel 69 27 3 0 0 1 100 0.91 Making jewelry 66 29 4 0 0 1 100 1.46 Making war clubs 64 29 3 4 0 0 100 1.72 Making 

### wigwams 63 29 4 3 0 1 100 1.99 Average 73 23 2 1 0 1 100Integrated Resources 

### Management Plan Survey Report 47



## HOULTON MAIL and

## PHONE 7 Many tribal traditions and practices 

### may have personal significance to you as a

### member of your tribe In the box

### below please indicate if the following tribal traditions areVery important 

### Somewhat important Neither important nor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant to

## you Please circle the appropriate 

### number in each 

### row Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither 

### Somewhat unimportant Very unimportant Don’t 

## know Missing Total ZWithin Fishing 79 14 3 1 3 1 100 5.54 Basket making 78 15 2 1 3 1 100 5.42 Hunting 74 16 5 1 3 2 100 4.00 Singing dancing and drumming 72 18 5 1 2 2 100 3.35 Tribal medicine 65 19 10 1 2 2 100 1.25 

### Food gathering 64 21 9 2 2 1 100 0.99 Making drums 62 28 5 1 2 2 100 0.19 Making moccasins 59 32 5 0 3 1 100 0.72 Making snowshoes 59 31 5 2 2 1 100 0.85 Making canoes 58 33 5 2 2 1 100 1.23 Making

dreamcatchers and medicine wheel 58 28 6 3 3 2 100 1.23 Making paddles 56 34 5 2 2 2 100 1.62 Making jewelry 56 32 7 2 1 2 100 1.88 Making rattles 55 30 8 2 3 2 100 2.14 Making 

### wigwams 47 35 11 3 2 2 100 4.75 Making war clubs 42 30 17 7 3 2 100 6.33 Average 61 26 7 2 2 2 10048 Responsive Management



## AROOSTOOK and 

## HOULTON COMBINED

## AND WEIGHTED 

## 7 Many tribal traditions and practices 

### may have personal significance to you as a

### member of your tribe In the box

### below please indicate if the following tribal traditions areVery important 

### Somewhat important Neither important nor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant to

## you Please circle the appropriate 

### number in each 

### row Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither 

### Somewhat unimportant Very unimportant Don’t 

## know Missing Total ZWithin Fishing 78 12 3 1 5 2 100 7.32 Basket making 77 13 2 1 5 2 100 7.01 Hunting 73 15 4 1 5 2 100 5.14 Singing dancing and drumming 71 15 5 1 5 3 100 4.47 Tribal medicine 66 17 8 1 5 2 100 2.30 

### Food gathering 66 18 8 3 4 2 100 2.25 Making snowshoes 62 24 6 1 5 2 100 0.38 Making drums 62 25 5 1 5 2 100 0.34 Making moccasins 61 26 5 1 5 2 100 0.15 Making

dreamcatchers and medicine wheel 58 25 6 3 5 3 100 1.48 Making canoes 56 29 7 2 4 2 100 2.11 Making rattles 55 28 8 2 5 3 100 2.82 Making paddles 54 31 6 2 4 2 100 2.95 Making jewelry 53 31 6 3 4 3 100 3.62 Making 

### wigwams 51 29 10 3 4 3 100 4.64 Making war clubs 35 31 17 7 7 3 100 11.44 Average 61 23 7 2 5 2 100Integrated Resources 

### Management Plan Survey Report 49



## AROOSTOOK VSHOULTON ALL 

## BETWEEN 7 Many tribal traditions and practices 

### may have personal significance to you as a

### member of your tribe In the box

### below please indicate if the following tribal traditions areVery important 

### Somewhat important Neither important nor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant to

## you Please circle the appropriate 

### number in each 

### row 

## AROOSTOOK HOULTON MAIL and 

## PHONE 

# ZBetween Very important Very important Fishing 77 79 0.43 Basket making 75 78 0.58 Hunting 72 74 0.46 Singing dancing and drumming 71 72 0.26 

### Food gathering 68 64 0.76 Tribalmedicine 67 65 0.44 Making snowshoes 65 59 1.43 Making moccasins 62 59 0.73 Making drums 62 62 0.05 Making 

### dreamcatchers and medicine wheel 58 58 0.09 Making canoes 55 58 0.54 Making 

### wigwams 55 47 1.93 Making rattles 55 55 0.02 Making paddles 53 56 0.90 Making jewelry 50 56 1.24 Making war clubs 29 42 3.51 Average 61 6150 Responsive Management



## HOULTON MAIL 

## VERSUS PHONE BETWEEN 

## 7 Many tribal traditions and practices 

### may have personal significance to you as a

### member of your tribe In the box

### below please indicate if the following tribal traditions areVery important 

### Somewhat important Neither important nor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant to

## you Please circle the appropriate 

### number in each 

### row 

## HOULTON MAIL HOULTON 

## PHONE 

# ZBetween Very important Very important Basket making 77 81 0.68 Fishing 75 87 1.79 Singing dancing and drumming 72 70 0.33 Hunting 70 84 2.16 Tribalmedicine 63 71 1.24 

### Food gathering 59 79 2.82 Making drums 55 79 3.30 Making snowshoes 54 71 2.51 Making moccasins 54 73 2.72 Making 

### dreamcatchers and medicine wheel 53 69 2.20 Making jewelry 51 66 2.03 Making canoes 51 74 3.33 Making paddles 49 74 3.56 Making rattles 49 69 2.75 Making 

### wigwams 40 63 3.28 Making war clubs 33 64 4.57 Average 57 73Integrated Resources 

### Management Plan Survey Report 51


## 7 Many tribal traditions and practices 

### mayhave personal significance toyou as a member ofyour tribe In the boxbelow please indicate if the following tribal traditions are very important somewhat important neitherimportant nor unimportant somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant toyou Please circle the appropriate numberineach 

### row The following are the other responses indicated by respondents Due to the lownumbers of responses in these other categories importance ratingshave not been included 

### OtherResponses Houlton Aroostook Total

Language 15 3 18 Clothing 5 4 9 Anything Traditional 3 0 3 Aromatherapy Sweet grass 2 1 3 Beading Leather 1 2 3 Craving 2 1 3 FarmingCrops 1 2 3 Knowledge Of All These Are

## AFive 1 2 3 Quilting 1 2 3 Stories 2 1 3 Making Flutes 1 1 2 Sweat Lodges 1 1 2 

### Mark Trails With Red And White 1 0 1 Singing Dancing Drumming 1 0 1

Traditional Finger Weaving 1 0 152 Responsive Management



## AROOSTOOK 

## 8Doyou think that opportunities foreach ofthe following types of recreation areVery important 

### Somewhat important Neither important nor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant 

### when considering buying tribal lands Please circle the appropriate

### number in each 

## row Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither 

### Somewhat unimportant Very unimportant Don’t 

## know Missing Total ZWithin
Wildlife viewing 79 10 1 2 7 1 100 8.24 Fishing 78 11 2 2 7 1 100 8.08 Hunting 70 14 4 3 7 2 100 5.86 Canoeing Kayaking 67 18 6 4 6 1 100 

# 5 Hiking 64 26 2 3 5 1 100 4.24 

### Snow shoeing 61 25 7 2 6 1 100 3.37 Bicycling 42 35 11 7 4 2 100 1.83 

### Dog sledding 38 31 17 5 7 2 100 2.69

Crosscountry skiing 37 33 18 5 6 2 100 3.15 

### Snow sledding 31 31 13 8 15 2 100 4.64

Fourwheeling 24 27 14 10 22 2 100 6.56 Motor boating 22 27 16 10 22 2 100 7.00 Jet skiing 15 12 23 14 32 3 100 8.92 Average 48 23 10 6 11 2 100Integrated Resources 

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## HOULTON MAIL 

## 8Do you think that opportunities foreach ofthefollowing types of recreation areVery important 

### Somewhat important Neither important nor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant 

### when considering buying tribal lands Please circle the appropriate

### number in each 

## row Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither 

### Somewhat unimportant Very unimportant Don’t 

## know Missing Total ZWithin Fishing 77 16 1 1 4 1 100 7.68 Wildlife viewing 77 15 4 1 3 1 100 7.52 Hunting 72 16 5 1 5 1 100 6.19 Canoeing Kayaking 68 22 5 1 3 2 100 5.13 Hiking 62 27 5 2 3 1 100 3.61 

### Snow shoeing 53 34 7 2 4 1 100 1.05 Bicycling 44 36 12 2 5 1 100 1.18
Crosscountry skiing 42 40 11 5 3 1 100 1.79 

### Snow sledding 38 32 11 10 10 0 100 2.83 

### Dog sledding 34 33 20 5 8 0 100 3.90

Fourwheeling 30 28 14 12 15 2 100 4.96 Motor boating 21 29 22 12 16 1 100 7.36 Jet skiing 14 23 23 12 27 1 100 9.17 Average 49 27 11 5 8 1 10054 Responsive Management



## HOULTON 

## PHONE 8Do you think that opportunities foreach ofthe following types of recreation are Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither important nor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant 

### when considering buying tribal lands Please circle the appropriate

### number in each 

## row Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither 

### Somewhat unimportant Very unimportant Don’t 

## know Missing Total ZWithin Fishing 83 16 0 0 1 0 100 2.94 Hunting 81 16 1 0 1 0 100 2.68 Wildlife viewing 79 17 3 0 0 1 100 2.18 Canoeing Kayaking 74 21 3 0 1 0 100 1.42 Hiking 71 24 3 0 1 0 100 0.91 

### Snow shoeing 69 24 4 1 1 0 100 0.41 Bicycling 69 23 7 1 0 0 100 0.41
Crosscountry skiing 67 24 7 1 0 0 100 0.15 

### Snow sledding 60 23 7 9 1 0 100 1.11 

### Dog sledding 59 24 11 1 3 1 100 1.36

Fourwheeling 57 23 10 9 1 0 100 1.62 Motor boating 49 26 14 6 6 0 100 3.13 Jet skiing 44 27 13 9 7 0 100 3.89 Average 66 22 6 3 2 0 100Integrated Resources 

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## HOULTON MAIL and

## PHONE 8Doyou think that opportunities foreach ofthe following types of recreation areVery important 

### Somewhat important Neither important nor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant 

### when considering buying tribal lands Please circle the appropriate

### number in each 

## row Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither 

### Somewhat unimportant Very unimportant Don’t 

## know Missing Total ZWithin Fishing 79 16 1 1 3 0 100 7.98 Wildlife viewing 77 15 4 0 2 1 100 7.48 Hunting 75 16 4 1 4 1 100 6.6 Canoeing Kayaking 70 22 4 1 2 1 100 5.05 Hiking 65 26 5 2 2 1 100 3.54 

### Snow shoeing 57 31 6 2 3 0 100 1.12 Bicycling 51 32 11 2 3 0 100 0.81
Crosscountry skiing 49 35 10 4 2 0 100 1.44 

### Snow sledding 44 29 10 10 7 0 100 2.98 

### Dog sledding 41 31 17 4 7 0 100 3.99

Fourwheeling 38 26 13 11 11 1 100 5.00 Motor boating 29 28 19 10 13 0 100 7.83 Jet skiing 23 24 20 11 21 1 100 9.73 Average 54 26 9 4 6 1 10056 Responsive Management



## AROOSTOOK and 

## HOULTON COMBINED

## AND WEIGHTED 

## 8Doyou think that opportunities foreach ofthe following types of recreation areVery important 

### Somewhat important Neither important nor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant 

### when considering buying tribal lands Please circle the appropriate

### number in each 

## row Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither 

### Somewhat unimportant Very unimportant Don’t 

## know Missing Total ZWithin Fishing 79 13 1 2 5 1 100 11.96 Wildlife viewing 78 13 2 1 4 1 100 11.75 Hunting 72 15 4 2 5 1 100 9.23 Canoeing Kayaking 68 20 5 2 4 1 100 7.50 Hiking 64 26 3 2 4 1 100 5.85 

### Snow shoeing 59 28 7 2 4 1 100 3.46 Bicycling 46 34 11 4 4 1 100 2.00
Crosscountry skiing 43 34 14 4 4 1 100 3.52 

### Dog sledding 40 31 17 5 7 1 100 4.91 

### Snow sledding 38 30 11 9 11 1 100 5.77

Fourwheeling 31 27 14 11 16 2 100 8.72 Motor boating 26 28 18 10 17 1 100 10.98 Jet skiing 19 18 22 13 27 2 100 13.84 Average 51 24 10 5 9 1 100Integrated Resources 

### Management Plan Survey Report 57



## AROOSTOOK VSHOULTON ALL 

## BETWEEN 8Doyou think that opportunities foreach ofthe following types of recreation areVery important 

### Somewhat important Neither important nor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant 

### when considering buying tribal lands Please circle the appropriate

### number in each 

## row AROOSTOOK HOULTON MAIL and

## PHONE 

# ZBetween Very important Very important Wildlife viewing 79 77 0.30 Fishing 78 79 0.17 Hunting 70 75 1.00 Canoeing Kayaking 67 70 0.64 Hiking 64 65 0.20 

### Snow shoeing 61 57 0.83 Bicycling 42 51 2.37 

### Dog sledding 38 41 0.69 

### Crosscountry skiing 37 49 3.18 

### Snow sledding 31 44 3.51 

### Fourwheeling 24 38 4.01 Motor boating 22 29 2.00 Jet skiing 15 23 2.67 Average 48 54


## HOULTON MAIL 

## VERSUS PHONE BETWEEN 

## 8Doyou think that opportunities foreach ofthe following types of recreation areVery important 

### Somewhat important Neither important nor unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant 

### when considering buying tribal lands Please circle the appropriate

### number in each 

## row HOULTON MAIL HOULTON 

## PHONE 

# ZBetween Very important Very important Fishing 77 83 0.82 Wildlife viewing 77 79 0.26 Hunting 72 81 1.40 Canoeing Kayaking 68 74 0.93 Hiking 62 71 1.32 

### Snow shoeing 53 69 2.28 Bicycling 44 69 3.48 

### Crosscountry skiing 42 67 3.61 

### Snow sledding 38 60 3.20 

### Dog sledding 34 59 3.61 

### Fourwheeling 30 57 4.03 Motor boating 21 49 4.36 Jet skiing 14 44 5.03 Average 49 6658 Responsive Management


## 8Do you think that opportunities foreach of the following types of recreation are very importantsomewhat importantneitherimportant nor unimportant somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant when considering buying tribal lands Please circle the appropriate numberineach 

### row The following are the other responses indicated by respondents Due to the low numbers of responses in these

other categories importance ratings have not been included 

### Other Responses Houlton Aroostook Total

Skiing 3 3 6

Baseball 2 1 3 Camping 1 2 3 Walking 2 1 3 Housing Complex 2 0 2 Indian 

### Games Winter

### Games Traditional 1 1 2
Playground ForThe Children 

### On Bonaire1 1 2 Swimming 2 0 2 Quiet Glens For Meditating 0 1 1 Trading Post 1 0 1 Trapping 0 1 1 Water Skiing 1 0 1 

## AROOSTOOK 

## 9 With regard to natural resources land air water plants and animals 

### when considering buying tribal landswhat size parcelsshould be 

### purchased Please circle the appropriate 

### answer 

# 1 200 acres 

### 200500 acres 

### 500999 acres 

### 10004,999 acres 5,000 acres or

### more 

## No preference Don’t 

## know Missing Total
Parcel size 3 3 8 15 42 25 4 100.00



## HOULTON MAIL 

## 9 With regard to natural resources land air water plants and

### animalswhen considering buying tribal landswhat size parcelsshould be 

### purchased Please circle the appropriate 

### answer 

## 1200 acres 

### 200500 acres 

### 500999 acres 

### 1000 4,999 acres 5,000 acres or

### more 

## No preference Don’t 

## know Missing Total
Parcel size 1 9 10 16 28 31 5 100.00Integrated Resources 

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## HOULTON 

## PHONE 9 With regard to natural resources land air water plants and animals 

### when considering buying tribal landswhat size parcelsshould be 

### purchased Please circle the appropriate 

### answer 

## 1200 acres 

### 200500 acres 

### 500999 acres 

### 1000 4,999 acres 5,000 acres or

### more 

## No preference Don’t 

## know Missing Total
Parcel size 6 9 11 16 54 4 0 100.00


## HOULTON MAIL

## AND 

## PHONE 9 With regard to natural resources land air water plants and animals 

### when considering buying tribal landswhat size parcels shouldbe 

### purchased Please circle the appropriate 

### answer 

## 1200 acres 

### 200500 acres 

### 500999 acres 

### 1000 4,999 acres 5,000 acres or

### more 

## No preference Don’t 

## know Missing Total
Parcel size 0 8 10 15 24 38 5 100.00



## AROOSTOOKAND HOULTON COMBINED 

## AND WEIGHTED 

## 9 With regard to natural resources land air water plants and

### animalswhen considering buying tribal landswhat size parcelsshould be 

### purchased Please circle the appropriate 

### answer 

# 1 200 acres 

### 200500 acres 

### 500999 acres 

### 1000 4,999 acres 5,000 acres or more 

### No preferenc e Don’t 

## know Missing Total
Parcel size 2 6 9 15 33 31 4 100.00


## AROOSTOOK 10 With regard to natural resources land air water plants and 

### animalswhen considering buying tribal landswould you prefer lands that are Close to developed areas and have access to 

### modern conveniences orwould you prefer landsthat are closer to wilderness

### areas Please circle the appropriate 

### answer Close to developed Close to wilderness 

### No preference Don’t 

## know Missing Total Parcel location 10 71 14 5 100


## HOULTON MAIL 10 With regard to natural resources land air water plants and 

### animalswhen considering buying tribal landswould you prefer lands that are Closeto developed areas and have access to 

### modern conveniences orwould you prefer landsthat are closer to wilderness

### areas Please circle the appropriate 

### answer Close to developed Close to wilderness

## No preference Don’t 

## know Missing Total Parcel location 11 61 23 6 10060 Responsive Management



## HOULTON 

## PHONE 10 With regard to natural resources land air water plants and 

### animalswhen considering buying tribal landswould you prefer lands that are Closeto developed areas and have access to 

### modern conveniences orwould you prefer lands that are closer to wilderness

### areas Please circle the appropriate 

### answer Close to developed Close to wilderness

## No preference Don’t 

## know Missing Total Parcel location 1 27 30 41 100


## HOULTON MAIL

## AND 

## PHONE 10 With regard to naturalresources land air water plants and

### animalswhen considering buying tribal landswould you prefer lands that are Closeto developed areas and have access to 

### modern conveniences orwould you prefer landsthat are closer to wilderness

### areas Please circle the appropriate

### answer Close to developed Close to wilderness

## No preference Don’t 

## know Missing Total Parcel location 8 51 25 16 100


## AROOSTOOKAND HOULTON COMBINED 

## AND WEIGHTED 10 With regard to natural resources land air water plants and animals 

### when considering buying tribal landswould you prefer lands that are Closeto developed areas and have access to 

### modern conveniences orwould you prefer landsthat are closer to wilderness

### areas Please circle the appropriate 

### answer Close to developed Close to wilderness

## No preference Don’t 

## know Missing Total Parcel location 9 61 20 10 100


## AROOSTOOK VSHOULTON ALL 

## BETWEEN 10 With regard to natural resources land air water plants and 

### animalswhen considering buying tribal landswould you prefer lands that are Close todeveloped areas and have access to 

### modern conveniences orwould you prefer landsthat are closer to wilderness

### areas Please circle the appropriate 

### answer 

## AROOSTOOK HOULTON MAIL and

## PHONE 

# ZBetween Close to developed Close to developed Parcel location 10 8 0.87Integrated Resources 

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## HOULTON MAIL 

## VERSUS PHONE BETWEEN 10 With regard to natural resources land air water plants and 

### animalswhen considering buying tribal landswould you prefer lands that areClose to developed areas and have access to 

### modern conveniences orwould you prefer landsthat are closer to wilderness

### areas Please circle the appropriate 

### answer 

## HOULTON MAIL HOULTON 

## PHONE 

# ZBetween Closeto developed Close to developed Parcel location 11 1 3.0562 Responsive Management



## AROOSTOOK 11 When considering the location forpurchase of tribal lands there are

### many other factors that mustbe taken into consideration In the box

### below please indicate if each factor is a Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither important norunimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant or Very unimportant 

### when considering buying tribal lands Please circle the appropriate 

### number in each 

## row Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither 

### Somewhat unimportant Very unimportant Don’t 

## know Missing Total ZWithin Has access to drinking water 81 7 4 1 6 3 100 8.90 Has access to rivers and streams 73 15 3 1 6 2 100 6.68 

### Has fishing sites 70 15 6 1 6 3 100 5.93 Has access to

### ponds and lakes 70 18 3 1 6 2 100 5.93 

### Has hunting sites 65 17 7 1 8 2 100 4.46 Contains forestland 63 23 4 1 6 3 100 4.00 Access to trails and roads 59 28 4 2 5 3 100 2.84 Has gathering sites 56 19 11 5 6 3 100 2.24 Has historic cultural value 55 19 14 2 7 2 100 1.94 Contains wetlands 42 27 15 9 4 4 100 1.76 Contains farmland 42 28 14 6 7 4 100 1.76 Close to existing tribal lands 34 30 18 9 7 3 100 3.82 Has mineral deposits 31 25 21 10 9 5 100 4.58 Has coastal land 27 28 24 9 7 4 100 5.61 Has southern exposure 22 31 29 6 8 4 100 6.94 Close to major highways 16 32 20 13 16 3 100 8.56 Close to railroads 12 21 31 14 20 3 100 9.89 Average 48 23 13 5 8 3 100Integrated Resources 

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## HOULTON MAIL 11 When considering the location forpurchase of tribal lands there are

### many other factors that mustbe taken into consideration In the box

### below please indicate if each factor is a Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither important norunimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant or Very unimportant 

### when considering buying tribal lands Please circle the appropriate 

### number in each 

## row Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither 

### Somewhat unimportant Very unimportant Don’t 

## know Missing Total ZWithin Has access to drinking water 80 12 3 1 3 1 100 8.12 Has access to rivers and streams 72 22 2 1 3 1 100 6.02 Has access to

### ponds and lakes 71 23 2 1 3 1 100 5.72 

### Has fishing sites 69 23 4 2 2 1 100 5.11 

### Has hunting sites 66 21 7 3 2 1 100 4.37 Contains forestland 66 25 5 3 1 1 100 4.21 Access to trails and roads 63 28 2 2 6 0 100 3.62 Has historic cultural value 60 27 7 1 3 2 100 2.72 Has gathering sites 50 35 9 4 2 1 100 0.16 Contains farmland 48 33 11 4 3 1 100 0.58 Close to existing tribal lands 45 38 7 3 5 2 100 1.19 Contains wetlands 35 38 18 5 4 1 100 4.04 Has coastal land 32 31 21 6 9 2 100 4.65 Has mineral deposits 31 31 26 5 6 2 100 4.95 Has southern exposure 26 31 25 9 7 3 100 6.3 Close to major highways 17 31 20 12 17 2 100 8.72 Close to railroads 14 16 31 18 20 2 100 9.60 Average 50 27 12 5 5 1 10064 Responsive Management



## HOULTON 

## PHONE 11 When considering the location forpurchase of tribal lands there are

### many other factors that mustbe taken into consideration In the box

### below please indicate if each factor is a Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither important norunimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant or Very unimportant 

### when considering buying tribal lands Please circle the appropriate 

### number in each 

## row Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither 

### Somewhat unimportant Very unimportant Don’t 

## know Missing Total ZWithin Has access to drinking water 81 17 0 0 0 1 100 2.68 

### Has hunting sites 80 16 0 1 1 1 100 2.44 

### Has fishing sites 79 17 0 1 1 1 100 2.19 Has historic cultural value 79 19 1 0 0 1 100 2.19 Has access to rivers and streams 77 19 1 1 0 1 100 1.92 Has access to

### ponds and lakes 77 20 0 1 0 1 100 1.92 Has gathering sites 74 17 4 1 0 3 100 1.43 Contains forestland 73 23 3 0 0 1 100 1.18 Close to existing tribal lands 66 23 9 0 1 1 100 0.09 Access to trails and roads 63 27 6 1 0 3 100 0.59 Contains farmland 60 29 7 3 0 1 100 1.10 Has mineral deposits 59 26 7 6 1 1 100 1.35 Contains wetlands 59 29 6 4 1 1 100 1.35 Has southern exposure 54 20 20 0 1 4 100 2.11 Has coastal land 53 20 17 6 1 3 100 2.36 Close to major highways 47 20 11 13 7 1 100 3.38 Close to railroads 46 14 17 13 9 1 100 3.63 Average 66 21 6 3 2 2 100Integrated Resources 

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## HOULTON MAIL

## AND 

## PHONE 11 When considering the location forpurchase of tribal lands there are

### many other factors that mustbe taken into consideration In the box

### below please indicate if each factor isa Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither important norunimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant or Very unimportant 

### when considering buying tribal lands Please circle the appropriate 

### number in each 

## row Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither 

### Somewhat unimportant Very unimportant Don’t 

## know Missing Total ZWithin Has access to drinking water 81 13 2 1 2 1 100 8.27 Has access to rivers and streams 74 21 2 1 2 1 100 6.10 Has access to

### ponds and lakes 73 22 1 1 2 1 100 5.84 

### Has fishing sites 72 22 3 2 2 1 100 5.46 

### Has hunting sites 70 19 5 3 2 1 100 4.93 Contains forestland 68 25 4 2 1 1 100 4.17 Has historic cultural value 65 25 6 1 2 2 100 3.41 Access to trails and roads 63 28 3 2 4 1 100 2.78 Has gathering sites 57 30 7 3 2 1 100 0.86 Close to existing tribal lands 51 34 8 2 4 2 100 1.07 Contains farmland 51 32 10 4 2 1 100 1.07 Contains wetlands 41 35 14 5 3 1 100 4.13 Has mineral deposits 39 29 21 5 5 2 100 4.89 Has coastal land 38 28 20 6 7 2 100 5.14 Has southern exposure 34 28 24 7 5 3 100 6.43 Close to major highways 26 28 18 13 14 2 100 9.11 Close to railroads 23 15 27 17 17 2 100 10.00 Average 54 25 10 4 4 1 10066 Responsive Management



## AROOSTOOKAND HOULTON COMBINED 

## AND WEIGHTED 11 When considering the location forpurchase of tribal lands there are

### many other factors that mustbe taken into consideration In the box

### below please indicate if each factor is a Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither important norunimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant or Very unimportant 

### when considering buying tribal lands Please circle the appropriate 

### number in each 

## row Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither 

### Somewhat unimportant Very unimportant Don’t 

## know Missing Total ZWithin Has access to drinking water 81 10 3 1 4 2 100 12.80 Has access to rivers and streams 73 18 2 1 4 2 100 9.54 Has access to

### ponds and lakes 71 20 2 1 4 2 100 8.76 

### Has fishing sites 71 18 4 1 4 2 100 8.50 

### Has hunting sites 67 18 6 2 5 2 100 6.99 Contains forestland 65 24 4 2 3 2 100 6.07 Access to trails and roads 61 28 4 2 5 2 100 4.17 Has historic cultural value 60 22 10 2 5 2 100 3.91 Has gathering sites 57 24 9 4 4 2 100 2.39 Contains farmland 46 30 12 5 4 3 100 2.12 Close to existing tribal lands 42 32 13 6 5 2 100 3.81 Contains wetlands 41 31 15 7 4 3 100 4.25 Has mineral deposits 35 27 21 8 7 3 100 7.02 Has coastal land 33 28 22 8 7 3 100 8.02 Has southern exposure 28 29 26 6 7 4 100 9.97 Close to major highways 21 30 19 13 15 3 100 13.14 Close to railroads 17 18 29 15 18 2 100 14.79 Average 51 24 12 5 6 2 100Integrated Resources 

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## AROOSTOOK VSHOULTON ALL 

## BETWEEN 11 When considering the location forpurchase of tribal lands there are

### many other factors that mustbe taken into consideration In the box

### below please indicate if each factor is a Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither important norunimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant or Very unimportant 

### when considering buying tribal lands Please circle the appropriate 

### number in each 

## row AROOSTOOK HOULTON MAIL and 

## PHONE 

# ZBetween Very important Very important Has access to drinking water 81 81 0.06 Has access to riversand streams 73 74 0.22 Has fishing sites 70 72 0.39 Has access to ponds and lakes 70 73 0.65 Has hunting sites 65 70 1.22 Contains forestland 63 68 1.07 Access to trails and roads 59 63 1.07 Has gathering sites 56 57 0.19 Has historic cultural value 55 65 2.28 Contains wetlands 42 41 0.05 Contains farmland 42 51 2.37 Close to existing tribal lands 34 51 4.40 Has mineral deposits 31 39 2.17 Has coastal land 27 38 3.08 Has southern exposure 22 34 3.52 Close to majorhighways 16 26 3.15 Close to railroads 12 23 4.24 Average 48 5468 Responsive Management



## HOULTON MAIL 

## VERSUS PHONE BETWEEN 11 When considering the location forpurchase of tribal lands there are

### many other factors that mustbe taken into consideration In the box

### below please indicate if each factor is a Very important 

### Somewhat important Neither important norunimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant or Very unimportant 

### when considering buying tribal lands Please circle the appropriate 

### number in each 

## row HOULTON MAIL HOULTON 

## PHONE 

# ZBetween Very important Very important Has access to drinking water 80 81 0.18 Has access to riversand streams 72 77 0.70 Has access to ponds and lakes 71 77 0.85 Has fishing sites 69 79 1.40 Has hunting sites 66 80 2.00 Contains forestland 66 73 1.06 Access to trails and roads 63 63 0.06 Has historic cultural value 60 79 2.67 Has gathering sites 50 74 3.4 Contains farmland 48 60 1.79 Close to existing tribal lands 45 66 2.92 Contains wetlands 35 59 3.52 Has coastal land 32 53 3.09 Has mineral deposits 31 59 4.05 Has southern exposure 26 54 4.28 Close to majorhighways 17 47 4.88 Close to railroads 14 46 5.32 Average 50 66



### 11 When considering the location forpurchase of tribal lands there aremany other factors that must be taken into consideration In the boxbelow please indicate if each factor isa very importantsomewhat importantneitherimportant nor unimportant somewhat unimportant orVery unimportant when considering buying tribal lands Please circle the appropriate numberineach 

### row The following are the other responses indicated by respondents Due to the low numbers of responses in these

other categories importance ratings have not been included 

### Other Responses Houlton Aroostook Total


### Deep Old Forests 1 2 3 Has Access To Drinking Water 3 0 3 Has Tepees 0 3 3 Health 2 0 2 Maine Or Canada 1 0 1 Towns Peoples Blessing 1 0 1
Unsettled Territories 0 1 1Integrated Resources 

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## AROOSTOOK Male Female Don’t 

## know Missing Total 

## GENDER 37 60 3 100


## HOULTON MAIL Male Female Don’t 

## know Missing Total 

## GENDER 36 64 0 100


## HOULTON 

## PHONEMale Female Don’t 

## know Missing Total 

## GENDER 37 53 10 100


## HOULTON MAIL

## AND 

## PHONE Male Female Don’t 

## know Missing Total 

## GENDER 36 61 3 100


## AROOSTOOKAND HOULTON COMBINED 

## AND WEIGHTED Male Female Don’t 

## know Missing Total 

## GENDER 37 61 3 100 

## Gender HOULTON AROOSTOOK AROOSTOOK and

## HOULTON Male 36 37 37 Female 61 60 61 Don’t 

## know Missing 3 3 3 Total 100 100 10070 Responsive Management



## AGE HOULTON AROOSTOOK AROOSTOOK and 

## HOULTON Under 5Years 1 0 0 

## 1014 Years 6 2 4 

## 1519 Years 20 6 14 

## 2024 Years 13 6 10 

## 2529 Years 6 10 8 

## 3034 Years 8 13 10 

## 3539 Years 13 15 14 

## 4044 Years 12 11 11 

## 4549 Years 7 10 8 

## 5054 Years 5 6 5 

## 5559 Years 2 6 4 

## 6064 Years 5 6 6 

## 6574 Years 3 8 5 

## 7584 Years 1 1 1 Total 100 100 100Integrated Resources 

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# Town City

### Of PrimaryResidence 

## HOULTON AROOSTOOK AROOSTOOK and

## HOULTON Houlton 62 6 38 Missing 6 5 6 Monticello 3 7 5 Oakfield 3 0 2 Fort Fairfield 2 1 2 Augusta 2 0 1 Bangor 2 1 1 

### Hampden 1 0 1 Ludlow 1 0 1 Portland 1 1 1 Biddeford 1 1 1 Caribou 1 10 5 Dixfield 1 0 1 

### Hodgdon 1 0 1 Winslow 1 0 1 Caswell Limestone 1 0 0 Anaheim 0 0 0 Anaheim Hills 

### Ca 0 0 0 Ashland 0 0 0 Beals 0 0 0 Blaine 0 2 1 Brewer 0 0 0 Canterbury 0 0 0 Canterbury Ct 0 0 0 Cary Plantation 

## Me 0 0 0 Clifton 0 0 0 

### Dover

## NH 0 0 0 Eddington 0 0 0 Fort Defiance 0 0 0 FortKent 0 0 0 Hancock 0 0 0 Hollis 0 0 0 Honolulu 0 0 0 

### Hudson 0 1 1 Kittery 0 0 0 Las Vegas 0 0 0 Linneus 0 1 1 Littleton 0 1 1 

## N Amity 0 0 0 Nashua 0 0 0 North Andover 0 0 0 North Andover 

## Ma 0 0 0 Old

## Town Houlton 0 0 0 Presque Isle 0 31 13 Somersworth 0 0 0 Wells 0 0 0 Westbrook 0 0 072 Responsive Management

Winterville 

## Oh 0 0 0 Auburn 0 1 0 Bridgewater 0 1 0 Brunswick 0 1 0 Castle Hill 0 2 1 Caswell 0 1 0 

### Chapman 0 2 1 

### Chapman 

## Me 0 1 0 Connor

## Twp 0 2 1 East Bernstadt 0 1 1 Ellington 0 1 0 Fortkint 0 1 0 Gouldsboro 0 1 0 Gray 0 1 0 Hamlin 0 1 0 Island Falls 0 1 0 Kennebunk 0 1 0 Levant 0 1 1 Limestone 0 1 0 Lincoln 0 1 0 

### Longwood 0 1 0 

### Lyman 0 1 0 Mapleton 0 3 1 Mapleton 

### Chapman 0 1 0 Marshill 0 1 0 Milford 0 1 0 

# N Brookfield 0 1 0 Nachett 0 1 0 

## New Sharon 0 1 0 

## New Sweden 0 3 1 North Jay 0 1 0 Orono 0 1 0 Parkman 0 1 0 Phillips 0 1 0 Presque 0 1 0 Presque Island 0 1 0 Princeton 0 1 0 Sedgwick 0 1 0 

### Smyrna 0 1 0 Springvale 0 1 0 StorrsCt 0 1 0 West Allis 0 1 0 Westmanland 0 1 0 Wetlands 0 1 0 

### Weymouth 0 1 0 

### Windham 0 1 0 Woodland 0 2 1 

### Woodwich 0 1 0 Total 100 100 100Integrated Resources 

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## ADDITIONAL 

# COMMENTS A lot ofthe native culture has been lost and should be brought back it would be nice to live off the land of our ancestors 

## A peaceful villagewhere all agree together and an eldergroup forfoundation All activities could strengthen ones selfesteemand would benefit tribal members wellbeing As a tribe 

### we must consider what is best forthe tribe not individual interest 

## We cannot destroy our Mother Earth Bringback our native talking Buy land so the native tribe ofMicmac people can build homesand finally liveon ourown propertyand live off the land Buying tribal lands lets people get to know themselves better 

## We need cemetery ofour

## own private lots to build our

### homes softball field Cultureand genealogy are very important Has vision of tribebeing farming trucking conglomerate 

### How come the tribes don’t help people of reservation You are always saying our money doesn't belong to all of

### us I'd like toseethe tribe purchase land and preserve the natural habitat ofthe land forour children

I

## am really proud of

### myheritage It is a great feeling

I congratulate our tribal leaderson utilizing this survey inorder to get the input of tribal 

### members

I don't believe in hunting down animals it’s the 

### same as hunting 

### humans Animals are like 

### human beings they have feelings
I don't live in Aroostook anymoreand have no plans of returning so I would adhere to the wishes ofthose tribal 

### members

I hope 

### myanswers can help 

### mypeople
I hope this survey will beused when considering buying land forour people Thank you for caring about ourpeople
I like anything 

### wehave I like nature and animals 

### God put them here

I share adeep spiritual bond with the earth and nature I love fishing and walking on trails
I think it would be nice to be able to live off the land

I think the tribe should purchase 

### some wellresourced land 

## ASAP

I think tribe 

## HBMI should look into buying an unsettled township
I think 

### we should all be able to live together and get along

I think 

### we should own more forestryland than farmland

I wish and hope that ourown generation and future generations will have more tribal land sites to live and benefitfrom
I would like to see more wildlife and learn more about cultural history

I would like to see Native Americansbe able to take 1 

### mooseyear formeat instead of

### nonstate residents taking 

### them

If land is tobe bought then I think itwould be agood idea to have hunting land fordeerand moose forus to hunt
If

### we purchase land 

### we should leave it in its original habitat and state Increase the public's knowledge ofour spirituality and how

### we care for Mother Earth

## A list of

## POW WOW's would be nice
It is importantto save the land and foster native 

### ways
It is wiser forthe tribes to buy land with lots ofgood timber
It shouldn't matterwherean Indian lives they should still receive the benefits of their tribewithout living on the reservation
Itwas very nice toanswer this survey
It would be nice if this tribe could unite instead of fight Think ofwhat the childrensee and hear

It would be nice to have a place 

### we could all go camping huntingfishingetc a place 

### we could all profit from74 Responsive Management
Land selected should be away from other people orsomewhat close to 76 Big Cove Sitewhere you can get a deer or

### moose Land should be bought where all Indians can 

### make a living so

### we all can survive Land that would sustain life would be the best purchase Let us know what lands you're considering ask ouropinion Look into buying land for

### homes fortribal 

### membersin Aroostook CountyAreas include PI

# MH Caribou FT Fairfield Look into purchasing land inAroostook County PI 

## FF Mars Hill etc to help individuals get 

### homes Money shouldn't bespenton one big area but put aside to help members

### who choose not to live on the reservation Need to teach children The past

### we have lost 

### No Gambling Our past should be preserved in tribe by younger generation Purchase land to help the tribe's 

### economy Remember ourfuturethe children Thank you forwanting 

## myopinion No bear hunting The

## ABM has to be respectful 

### we need to be careful not to jeopardize any jobs within these communities The acquisition ofland shouldbe decided bythe highly informed elders as tohave 

### memberaccess be the primaryconcern The eldersand the tribal council should 

### make the final decisions on the location and type of land forthe people ofthe tribe The lands don't have to be just in organized areas unorganized areas are just as

### good The Micmac should have say over any council and should be taken care of in a

### week no moreno less The tribehas to work together to help the whole tribe They don't want you to purchase anymore land they want something done with what 

### we 

## have Very important opportunity giving tribal membersthe opportunity to voice their opinions 

## We need land that is in unsettled territories so

### we can do what 

### we want with it and live the life an Indian is to live 

## We need land to exploreexpand develop plant and harvest Ash is needed for baskets and crafts 

## We should have teachers todo all tribal traditions What you are doing isa very wise choice to ensure safety and our culture forthe children Will huntfish sites get overhunted Will the Maliseets even purchase more land 

### Do they still need authorization from the state and local community to

## buyIntegrated Resources 

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# SURVEY INSTRUMENT
Integrated 

# Resources 

# Management Plan Survey forthe 

# Houlton 

# Band of Maliseet 

# Indians 

# and the 

# Aroostook 

# Band of

# Micmac Indians

The following 

### survey asks important questions 

### about your opinions 

## on natural resource 

## management as it relates to current tribal lands 

### and the purchase of 

## new tribal 

### lands Natural resources include 

### land air 

## water plants and animals 

## Your opinions are 

### very important in helping to 

## make future decisions 

### about land 

### and natural resource 

## management for 

### your tribe Please 

### answer all of the questions completely 

### and to the best of

### your

## knowledge

If 

### you 

## do not 

## know the 

### answer to a particular question or 

### you 

## do not feel comfortable 

### answering 

## a question simplyleave that question blank 

### and continue 

### with the rest of the 

### survey Also 

## know that all of 

### your answers will 

### be held confidential 

### and your

## name will not 

### be associated 

### with youranswers in

### any

# way

Pleasereturnthe completed questionnaire in the 

### included envelope 

## by 

## date

Proceed to Question 

# 176 Responsive Management 

# Forestry Agroforestry

# and Plants

# and Wildlife 

# 1 The first questions relate to plants and uses of plants that 

### may grow on tribal lands In the box

### below please indicate if the presence ofthe following plants is very important

### somewhat important neither important nor

### unimportant somewhat unimportant orvery 

### unimportant when considering buying tribal lands Please circle the appropriate number ineach 

## row

Plant 1 

### Very unimportant 2 

### Somewhat unimportant 3 Neither 4 

### Somewhat important 5 

### Very important 

### Brown Ash baskets 1 2 3 4 5 Birch baskets canoes 1 2 3 4 5 Alders 

### wigwam medicine 1 2 3 4 5 Balsam fir tipping 1 2 3 4 5 Sugar 

### Maple maple syrup 1 2 3 4 5 Sweet grass baskets spiritual 1 2 3 4 5 Fiddleheads 

### food 1 2 3 4 5
Cattail 

### foodmedicine 1 2 3 4 5 Gold thread medicine 1 2 3 4 5 Berryplants 

### food 1 2 3 4 5 Flag root medicine 1 2 3 4 5 Cedar spiritual

### wigwam 1 2 3 4 5 Hazelnut 

### food 1 2 3 4 5 Chokecherry 

### food 1 2 3 4 5 Firewood 

### hardwood 1 2 3 4 5 

### Red dogwood medicine 1 2 3 4 5 Others please list below

### and circle the appropriate 

## number 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5Integrated Resources 

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# 2And do you feel that timber production is a very important somewhat important neither important nor unimportant somewhat unimportant orvery unimportant use of tribal 

### lands Please circle the appropriate answer 

### Very unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant Neither 

### Somewhat important 

### Very important 

# 3And do you feel that farming is a very important somewhat important neither important nor unimportant somewhat unimportant or very unimportant use of tribal 

### lands Please circle the appropriate answer 

### Very unimportant 

### Somewhat unimportant Neither 

### Somewhat important 

### Very important 

# 4 Given that the lands that animalsuse 

## mayvary from one area to another please indicate whether the presence of each animaland the land that it uses is very important

### somewhat important neitherimportant nor 

### unimportant somewhat unimportant orvery 

### unimportant when considering buying tribal 

### lands Please circle the appropriate number in each 

## row Animal 1 

### Very unimportant 2 

### Somewhat unimportant 3 Neither 4 

### Somewhat important 5 

### Very important Eagle 1 2 3 4 5 Bear 1 2 3 4 5 Turtles 1 2 3 4 5 Muskrat 1 2 3 4 5 Porcupine 1 2 3 4 5 Deer 1 2 3 4 5 Rabbit 1 2 3 4 5 Frogs 1 2 3 4 5 Birds 1 2 3 4 5 Fox 1 2 3 4 5 

### Moose 1 2 3 4 5 Fish 1 2 3 4 5 Beaver 1 2 3 4 5 Others please list below

### and circle the appropriate 

## number 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 578 Responsive Management 

# 5 Forthose tribal lands that have significant bear populations do you agree ordisagree that bear hunting should be allowed 

### on tribal 

### lands Please circle the appropriate 

### answer

Note included only forAroostook

Strongly agree Moderately agree Neither Moderately disagree Strongly disagree


## CulturalArcheological 

# 6There are

## manyplaces that

## mayhave cultural orhistorical significance to you as a tribal 

## member In the 

### box below please indicate whether each item is very important somewhat important neither important nor unimportant somewhat unimportant orvery unimportant to

## you as a culturally or historically significant location Please circle the appropriate 

### number ineach 

## row Item 1 

### Very unimportant 2 

### Somewhat unimportant 3 Neither 4 

### Somewhat important 5 

### Very important
Sacred sitessuch as 

## Mt Katahdin 1 2 3 4 5

Sites with arrowhead material chert 1 2 3 4 5

Burial grounds 1 2 3 4 5
Archaeological villages settlements 

# eg Clovis Point at 

### Munsungan Lake 1 2 3 4 5

Historical villages settlements campsites 

# eg The Flats 1 2 3 4 5

Water trails and canoe portages or carries 1 2 3 4 5
Others please list below

### and circle the appropriate 

## number
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5Integrated Resources 

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## Tribal 

# Customs orTraditions


# 7 Many tribal traditions and practices 

## mayhave personal significance toyou as a

### member ofyour tribe In the box

### below please indicate if the following tribal traditions are very important

### somewhat important neither important nor

### unimportant somewhat unimportant orvery unimportant to

## you Please circle the appropriate 

### number in each 

## row

Tradition 1 

### Very unimportant 2 

### Somewhat unimportant 3 Neither 4 

### Somewhat important 5 

### Very important Basket making 1 2 3 4 5 Food gathering 1 2 3 4 5 Hunting 1 2 3 4 5 Fishing 1 2 3 4 5 Making canoes 1 2 3 4 5 Making paddles 1 2 3 4 5 Making drums 1 2 3 4 5 

### Making rattles 1 2 3 4 5 Making snowshoes 1 2 3 4 5 Making 

### wigwams 1 2 3 4 5 Making moccasins 1 2 3 4 5 Making warclubs 1 2 3 4 5 Tribal medicine 1 2 3 4 5 Making jewelry 1 2 3 4 5 Making dreamcatchers medicine wheels 1 2 3 4 5 Singing dancing drumming 1 2 3 4 5 Others please list below

### and circle the appropriate 

## number 1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 580 Responsive Management 

## Recreation 

# 8Do you think that opportunities foreach ofthe following types of recreation are very important

### somewhat important neither important nor

### unimportant somewhatunimportant orvery 

### unimportant when considering buying tribal lands Please circle the appropriate 

### number in each 

## row
Activity 1 

### Very unimportant 2 

### Somewhat unimportant 3 Neither 4 

### Somewhat important 5 

### Very important

Jet skiing 1 2 3 4 5 Motor boating 1 2 3 4 5 

### Snow sledding 1 2 3 4 5 

### Fourwheeling 1 2 3 4 5 Hunting 1 2 3 4 5 Fishing 1 2 3 4 5 Wildlife viewing 1 2 3 4 5 CanoeingKayaking 1 2 3 4 5 Hiking 1 2 3 4 5 

### Snow shoeing 1 2 3 4 5 Bicycling 1 2 3 4 5 

### Dog sledding 1 2 3 4 5 

### Crosscountry skiing 1 2 3 4 5 Others please list below

### and circle the appropriate 

## number 1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5 

# SIZE

# LOCATION 9 With regard to natural resources land air water plants and animals 

### when considering buying tribal lands what size parcels should be purchased Please circle the appropriate 

### answer 

# 1200 acres 

## 200500 acres 

## 500999 acres 

### 1,0004,999 acres 5,000 acres or 

### more 

## No preference 

## 10 With regard to natural resources land air water plants and animals 

### when considering buying tribal lands would you prefer lands that are close to developed areas and have access to

### modern conveniences or would you prefer lands that are closer to wilderness areas Please circle the appropriate answer
Close to developed areas Close to wilderness areas 

## No preferenceIntegrated Resources 

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## 11 When considering the location forpurchase of tribal lands there are

### many other factors that must be taken into consideration In the box

### below please indicate if each factor is avery important

### somewhat important neitherimportant nor

### unimportant somewhatunimportant orvery 

### unimportantwhen considering buying tribal lands Please circle the appropriate number in each 

## row Factor 1 Very unimportant 2 Somewhat unimportant 3 Neither 4 Somewhat important 5 Very important Access to trails and roads 1 2 3 4 5
Close to railroads 1 2 3 4 5 Close to major highways 1 2 3 4 5 Close to existing tribal lands 1 2 3 4 5 Has gathering sites 1 2 3 4 5 Has hunting sites 1 2 3 4 5 Has fishing sites 1 2 3 4 5 Has mineral deposits 1 2 3 4 5 Has access to rivers and streams 1 2 3 4 5 Has access to ponds and lakes 1 2 3 4 5 Has access to drinking water 1 2 3 4 5
Contains wetlands 1 2 3 4 5 Contains forestland 1 2 3 4 5
Contains farmland 1 2 3 4 5 Has coastal land 1 2 3 4 5 Has southern exposure 1 2 3 4 5 Has historic cultural value 1 2 3 4 5
Others please list belowand circle the appropriate

### number 1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 582 Responsive Management 

# DEMOGRAPHICS
12 What is the 

### name and zipcode ofthe 

### towncity in which your primary residence is located 

## Town city Zip code



## 13 What is your

### gender Please check appropriate 

## box
Male Female


## 14 And finally what isyour

## age 

# ADDITIONAL 

# COMMENTS Please record any additional comments you

## mayhave here