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Moving Image		The Archaic Period MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:00:37 The Archaic period began around 9,500 years ago. The archaic people made their stone tools by a combination of chipping them and a technique called pecking. Find Similar Resources	Archaic Period -- Indian -- Maine Native Americans

Moving Image		The Birch Bark Canoe MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:01:20 The birch bark canoe is a symbol of heritage for all four of Maine's native Wabanaki tribes. The process of making the birck-bark canoe today is little different than it has been for thousands of years. Find Similar Resources	Maliseet Tribe Micmac Tribe Native Americans Passamaquoddy Tribe Penobscot Tribe Wabanaki Tribe Canoes and canoeing

Moving Image		Caron Shay & Briana Randall: Passing on the Tradition UMaine Wabanaki Studies, Moving Image, 00:08:46 Caron Shay, Penobscot Basketmaker. Caron is passing on the tradition to her granddaughter Briana. Caron’s segment focuses on traditional methods of teaching basektmaking, by watching and doing. Caron talks about her own experiences learning the tradition from her mother and father and she “fixes” Briana’s work and shows her how to do various steps in the weaving process in this segment. Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Wabanaki Tribe Penobscot Tribe Basket making Baskets – Maine Indian baskets -- North America

Moving Image		Clara Keezer UMaine Wabanaki Studies, Moving Image, 00:06:01 Clara Keezer is a Passamaquoddy Basketmaker. Clara is a National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship award winner. Her segment focuses on how her basket styles have evolved from utilitarian forms to art. She also talks about the communal nature of basketmaking in her community of Pleasant Point. Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Wabanaki Tribe Passamaquoddy Tribe Basket making Baskets – Maine Indian baskets -- North America

Moving Image		David Moses Bridges: Passamaquoddy Birchbark Artist UMaine Wabanaki Studies, Moving Image, 00:07:54 Passamaquoddy Birchbark David Moses Bridges is an award-winning artist, who has received national attention for his work, which ranges from full-size birchbark canoes to traditional containers. The footage shows him in his workshop making containers and showing how the raw materials are prepared, stitched together and etched. A later film shot focuses on harvesting spruce root, which is used to sew the bark. Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Wabanaki Tribe Passamaquoddy Tribe Birch bark Basket making Baskets – Maine Spruce baskets Indian baskets -- North America

Moving Image		Dianne Apt: Sweet Grass Braiding UMaine Wabanaki Studies, Moving Image, 00:07:37 Dianne is one of the only sweetgrass braiders, who braids hundreds of yards of sweetgrass, which fancy basketmakers from all four tribes incorporate in their baskets. Dianne shows how sweetgrass is picked, one strand at a time, and then how it is braided into a three strand braid, six pieces of grass at a time. She talks about the tradition within her family and how access to sweetgrass is becoming increasingly limited. Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Passamaquoddy Tribe Basket making Baskets -- Maine Indian baskets -- North America Sweetgrass baskets Braid

Moving Image		The Elders Speak UMaine Wabanaki Studies, Moving Image, 00:09:54 This segment features Ted Mitchell and Arnie Neptune, Penobscot Elders and Joseph “Cozy” Nicholas, Passamaquoddy elder, who passed on in July. All of the elders talk about discrimination, changes to their community and the loss of native language and traditions. All convey a message for the younger generation to remember who they are and the importance of their traditions to their culture and their future. Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Penobscot Tribe Passamaquoddy Tribe Wabanaki Tribe Indians of North America - Social life and customs

Moving Image		Eldon Hanning: Micmac Ash Harvest UMaine Wabanaki Studies, Moving Image, 00:06:47 Eldon Hanning, who belongs to the Micmac tribe, demonstrates the harvest of ash wood, the wood most commonly used for basketmaking. This segment on brown ash harvesting was filmed in the Aroostook County woods and explores threats to the tree and loss of access to wood as property ownership changes. Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Wabanaki Tribe Micmac Tribe Basket making Ash (Plants) -- Maine Logging Indian baskets -- North America Baskets -- Maine

Moving Image		Eldon Hanning: Micmac Ash Pounding UMaine Wabanaki Studies, Moving Image, 00:06:02 Eldon Hanning, who belongs to the Micmac tribe, demonstrates the process of pounding of ash wood, which separates the wood into usable strips for basket weaving. This segment was filmed in his workshop in Limestone and focuses on Micmac pounding techniques to produce splints. The workshop segment was filmed in January, when it was more than 20º below zero and the wood had to be thawed over the wood stove before it could be pounded. Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Micmac Tribe Basket making Baskets -- Maine Indian baskets -- North America Ash (Plants)

Moving Image		End & Credits - People of the dawn MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:01:02 Find Similar Resources	Native Americans