Archival Shay family photograph. See session 7a.

The Penobscot Primer is a documentary Native American linguistic program created by Richard Garrett and Martha Young from their fieldwork in the Penobscot Algonquian dialect.


Photography by Richard Garrett, except where noted.

The Penobscot font was created by Richard Garrett and took two years to perfect.

Translated English captions by Gabe Paul of The Penobscot Nation’s language department.

Website design by Michael Hoy.

Rurik Spence of ITS at Colby College as technical adviser.