Donald Soctomah

TRIBAL AFFILIATION: Passamaquoddy

PANEL: Honoring 250 Years of Wabanaki Veterans' Service

BIOGRAPHY
Donald Soctomah is a citizen of the Passamaquoddy Tribe, Native American historian, author, teacher, filmmaker, lecturer, and storyteller. He received a Forestry Bachelor degree and a Honorary Doctorate degree from the University of Maine system. He serves as the Tribal Historic Preservation Officer for the Passamaquoddy Tribal communities, and received a Presidential appointment to the board of the Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission. Donald works on the protection of culturally significant sites, artifacts and knowledge. He has written several books about Passamaquoddy history, as well as co-authored two children’s books, Remember Me: Tomah Joseph’s Gift to Franklin Delano Roosevelt and The Canoe Maker. Donald has appeared on National Public Television, Maine Public Television, Canadian Broadcasting, Animal Planet and is a frequent consultant to the Smithsonian Institution, US Library of Congress, and Maine State Museum.