Otter's Heirlooms

03/03/2026

A new tidal power project is being proposed off Eastport, but whether the developer has the technical expertise and financial backing to proceed with the proposal is not clear. Along with planning to provide electricity to local communities, the company, DeepGreen Western Passage SPV LLC, is seeking to power underwater artificial intelligence (AI)-computer server racks.

The project proposes a 51-megawatt tidal energy and subsea data center in Western Passage off Kendall's Head and extending south nearly to Harris Point in Eastport. On February 11, DeepGreen Western Passage SPV LLC submitted an application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for a preliminary permit for the project. The company is seeking a 48-month permit to conduct environmental baseline studies and engineering work.

The application states that the project would transition Western Passage "into a managed, data-integrated energy hub." The project would include "universal docking cradles," a subsea foundation system that would act as an electrical socket; subsea-compute pods, which would be high-density AI-computer server racks; and a tidal sensing power platform that would provide real-time telemetry and environmental compliance monitoring. It would include 170 turbines mounted in the docking cradles and 34 pods of the AI-computer server racks. While DeepGreen Western Passage is seeking a permit for 400 acres, the active infrastructure would occupy only about 7% of the space, or just over 27 acres.

Infographic by Jasmine Lamb.
Quoddy Tides reports.

02/19/2026

The snow is beginning to melt, the maple sap is flowing, and spring is awakening around us. As we step from the quiet stillness of winter into a new season we welcome renewed energy, fresh beginnings, and a revitalized spirit.

Celebrate this time of renewal with Passamaquoddy made adornment created with intention to capture and radiate the powerful energies of the seasons. Each piece carries generations of culture, resilience, and tradition crafted to help your inner light shine.

Available now. Please comment below to inquire further as i dont always get notification of messages from this page.

01/26/2026

One of my acorns made for an education program at and commissioned by the Colby College Museum of Art

K-12 educators: Did you know you can bring your students to the Colby College Museum of Art for free?

Our calendar for K-12 visits on-campus are nearly fully booked, but we still have availability for dates to visit "Mαwte: Bound Together" in our downtown gallery!

Class visits are free thanks to a generous grant from the Betterment Fund and the Linde Family Foundation. Funding is available to reimburse the complete cost of school bus transportation as well as pizza lunch.

We hope to welcome you and your students to the Colby College Museum of Art soon! Visit this link for more information: https://museum.colby.edu/learn/k-12

Kindergarten Class Visit, 2025, Photography by Ben Wheeler

01/07/2026

Well there’s another evasive species going after another of my traditional arts materials used for millenniums by the Passamaquoddy in birchbark canoes and baskets.

Inside UMaine’s Spruce Budworm Processing Lab, "chemistry magic" is helping to protect millions of acres of Maine forest.

As Maine’s most destructive forest pest, an unchecked spruce budworm outbreak could cost the state’s economy nearly $800 million. To prevent this, a team of researchers and UMaine undergraduates act as an "early warning system," processing samples from across the Northeast to catch outbreaks before they spread.

A new $600,000 award from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture will now help the lab modernize its equipment and renovate its space to better detect, track, and respond to these growing threats.

01/07/2026

Those mid 90’s reels takes me back to childhood when you could find multiple homes on the reservation where 2-3 generations would be gathered making baskets speaking Passamaquoddy. We had a real sense of community in that era and before.

NBO’s Wednesday’s Video is the Mi'kmaq Nation Basket Making Video

Join us and learn why baskets and basket making are an important part of Mi'kmaq Culture.



Check out the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHrPm3QbRb8 and on IG find the link to the video in our Bio at the linktr.ee button to the Wednesday video.

01/05/2026

A bark worker I personally know and respect highly. The top Mi’kmaw style birchbark canoe maker still producing and educating.

12/15/2025

Some available work from the studio.

Please message to inquire.

11/29/2025

Fine weave ash basketry dates back well over a century in Passamaquoddy basketry. There are multiple baskets I’ve seen in collection throughout Maine and beyond that are fully woven or a majority of the ash weavers that are very fine in gauge thickness. Most of those baskets date to the early 1900’s and earlier. Fine woven ash baskets are not a recent innovation which is evident by the evidence woven throughout our cultural history.

11/24/2025

Come say hi, and see the best selection of Wabanaki art available all year long.