'Bounty' reveals government-backed scalp bounties on Maine's indigenous people during 1700s

“A documentary produced by members of Maine’s Penobscot Nation is bringing attention to atrocities committed against Native Americans.

The film “Bounty” brings to light the government-placed scalp bounties placed on the Penobscot people in the 1700s.

“I'd like you to know that history is not what you were taught, and there is a lot more to know,” co-producer Dawn Neptune Adams said.

Adams cautions that the lessons the film teaches could be disturbing to some.

“Film contains potentially upsetting conversation,” Adams said. “Viewers are going to be introduced to information that they've probably never heard before,” Adams said.

In addition to being Bounty’s co-producer, Adams is one of the film’s key Penobscot figures, along with her son.”

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