Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy
Historical Context Webquest
Malaga Island, A Story Best Left Untold
1. In what year were the people living on Malaga Island evicted?
2. What made Malaga Island different from the other islands around
Maine?
3. Where were some of the people living on Malaga sent?
4. Why did the people of Phippsburg want to remove the people
living on Malaga? (There may be more than one answer to this
question)
Malaga Island, Fragmented Lives
1. Who do historians trace the roots of the Malaga Island community
back to?
2. When was the community on Malaga Island founded?
3. What is eugenics?
4. How were the descendants of the families from Malaga treated?
Why?
A Quiet Apology, from Downeaster Magazine
1. How were the people who lived on Malaga treated after being
expelled from the island?
2. When did Maine apologize for what happened on Malaga?
3. How was the apology publicized?
4. What reaction did the descendants have to the apology? What
reaction did the public have?
Bill Nemitz: After 98 Years, An Apology Long Overdue, from the
Portland Press Herald
1. Who attended the Governor’s apology?
2. What were the two reasons for the September gathering at
Malaga Island this year?
3. How did people react to the Governor’s apology?