December 23, 2021

Wayne Newell, who helped preserve the Passamaquoddy language, dies at 79

Dec. 23—Wayne A. Newell, a Passamaquoddy educator, writer and scholar who devoted his life to preserving his tribal language and cultural traditions, died Thursday at age 79.
The tribal elder was survived by his wife of more than 50 years, Sandy, and their children and grandchildren. He grew up in a two-room tarpaper shack on Passamaquoddy Bay, overcoming poverty, legal blindness and discrimination to become a pioneering chronicler of his heritage.
"It's just a huge loss," Penobscot Nation Chief...