Calais Advertiser covers Newsom’s research on POW camp on Passamaquoddy land
The Calais Advertiser announced that Bonnie Newsom will conduct archeological research on a World War II German prisoner-of-war camp located on Passamaquoddy land in Eastern Maine. Newsom, an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Maine, will collaborate with Donald Soctomah, a Passamaquoddy Tribal Historic Preservation officer. The American Association of University Women recognized the project with a 2019–20 American Fellowship totaling $6,000. “I am honored to be a recipient of this award and I’m thrilled to have an opportunity to work with the Passamaquoddy Tribal Historic Preservation Office on this publication,” Newsom said. “It will help ensure that the archaeology of the World War II POW camp at Indian Township, Maine becomes accessible to the public and integrates a Passamaquoddy perspective.”