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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		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		Evolution of Tribes MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:02:44 European explorers first surveyed the region 400 years ago. The present Wabanaki tribes are descended from the tribes which were described in the historical documents by the Europeans. Find Similar Resources	Maliseet Tribe Micmac Tribe Native Americans Penobscot Tribe Wabanaki Tribe

Moving Image		Fred Tomah: Maliseet Basketmaker UMaine Wabanaki Studies, Moving Image, 00:07:54 Fred is a Maliseet artist. He has developed a distinctive basketmaking style. He learned from elders to make a wide variety of utilitarian basket forms, which he has adapted into art. This segment shows the evolution of his distinctive style and how he creates new forms. Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Wabanaki Tribe Maliseet Tribe Basket making Baskets – Maine Indian baskets -- North America

Moving Image		Jennifer Sapiel Neptune: Penobscot Beadworker UMaine Wabanaki Studies, Moving Image, 00:06:36 Jennifer is the only individual in any of the four tribes that makes beadwork in the traditional style of the region. She talks about the loss of these pieces within the community and what it will mean for them to be brought back. She talks about the materials that she uses and how she does this style of beadworking. Her style has changed over time as she has had opportunities to study pieces in Museum collections and then make new pieces that draw inspiration from the collars and peaked caps that she has studied. Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Wabanaki Tribe Penobscot Tribe Beadwork

Moving Image		Jeremy Frey & Ganessa Bryant: Carriers of Culture UMaine Wabanaki Studies, Moving Image, 00:07:33 Passamaquoddy Basketmaker Jeremy Frey and Penobscot basketmaker Ganessa Bryant represent a new generation of basketmakers who are carriers of culture. Their work draws on traditional techniques, but incorporates innovations and materials from other regions of the country. They talk about their concerns for the tradition, and threats to access to raw materials and the emerald ash borer. Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Wabanaki Tribe Penobscot Tribe Passamaquoddy Tribe Basket making Baskets – Maine Indian baskets -- North America

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